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ForePlay: Human 2.0

ForePlay: Human 2.0

(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Brian Pracht, Rachael Hip-Flores, Matthew Murumba, Kari Swenson Riely in New World Iliads #1) By August Schulenburg, photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum Our exploratory play reading series ForePlay, where playwrights riff on the themes of our mainstage production, is back! That’s right, we have a winner in a squeaker between iSapiens and…

Flux Sunday, 2/26

Flux Sunday, 2/26

Post and pathetic iPhone photo by August Schulenburg (What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Fengar Gael (The Draper’s Eye), Adam Szymkowicz (Untitled Museum Play), August Schulenburg (The Fields of Blue and Glow, The Iron Hours, Encryption) Directors: Pete Bosivert, Heather Cohn, Marielle Duke Actors: Matthew Trumbull, Ken Glickfeld, Isaiah Tanenbaum, David Crommett, Marianne Miller, Sarah Amandes, Alisha Spielmann, Anna Lamadrid,…

Hard Core (Values): Collaboration

Hard Core (Values): Collaboration

Pictured: Chinaza Uche, Will Lowry and Matt Archambault at the 2011 Flux Retreat, undoubtedly collaborating on something important. Post by August Schulenburg. What are Flux’s Core Values? Collaboration: Our process is inclusive, transparent, and sustained through long term partnerships. As you’ve no doubt noticed, we’ve returned to posting on FluxBlog more regularly after an unfortunate…

Vote for Human 2.0 or iSapiens

Vote for Human 2.0 or iSapiens

(Post by August Schulenburg. Creepily DEINDE-appropriate picture of me and Matt Archambault courtesy of Matt’s computer.) Our next ForePlay series (learn more about this themed staged reading series here) will focus on the themes of our next production, DEINDE. Here’s the play’s current blurb: In the not-too-distant future, the pressure to cure a global pandemic spurs…

DEINDE Marketing Meeting #1

DEINDE Marketing Meeting #1

Above is a note about DEINDE designed by Isaiah Tanenbaum that will run in the program of The Stranger To Kindness, the play opening today directed by our own Heather Cohn (go see it!) It also represented the very first volley of marketing for our next production, and last night, Isaiah, Kelly O’Donnell and myself…

Flux Sunday, 2/19

Flux Sunday, 2/19

Post and pathetic iPhone photo by August Schulenburg (What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Katherine Burger (The Rainy Season), EM Lewis (Magellanica), Adam Szymkowicz (Untitled Museum Play), August Schulenburg (The Fields of Blue and Glow, The Iron Hours) Directors: Pete Bosivert, Heather Cohn Actors: Matthew Trumbull, Emilia Aghamirzai, Emily Hartford, Ken Glickfeld, Isaiah Tanenbaum, David Crommett,…

DEINDE Production Meeting #1

DEINDE Production Meeting #1

Pictures and posts by August Schulenburg Our first production meeting for DEINDE was last Wednesday night late, at our apartment in Astoria over wine. And though we usually conduct our production meetings in more professional locales and without the aid of vino, the necessities of schedules made for a wonderfully productive and enjoyable start. Pictured…

Cast of DEINDE Announced

Cast of DEINDE Announced

(The Decades Out reading of DEINDE. Pictured: Brian Pracht, Tina Chilip, Ed Schultz, Lex Friedman and Ryan Andes) Flux’s 5th Anniversary Season kicks off April 27 with DEINDE, directed by Heather Cohn and written by August Schulenburg, and we’re thrilled to announce the cast! While Flux has always been blessed with strong casts, I’m particularly excited by…

Don’t Forget to Vote

Don’t Forget to Vote

Thank you to everyone who came out to see Menders. Remember, in the curtain speech before the play, when we directed your attention to program ad for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards? Well, you have until this Friday to vote! The audience vote counts for 25% of the total vote so your vote really…

Casting for DEINDE and Flux Sundays

Flux Theatre Ensemble is casting for DEINDE, a new play by August Schulenburg and directed by Heather Cohn. DEINDE runs from April 28 – May 12 as part of the BFG Collective at The Secret Theatre. Rehearsals begin around March 24 on evenings and weekends. The production is an Equity Showcase with a modest stipend. Auditions are this Saturday…

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