(All photos from August Schulenburg’s iPhone) We’re back from our 6th Annual Retreat at the Little Pond Arts Retreat in Nazareth, PA. The Retreat is always an exhausting and exhilarating week, where we fit more theatre into a single day than seems possible and then party late into the night. This retreat was no exception…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Becky Byers, Squish, Liz Douglas) In this case, very much better later than never. Jen Gunnels for the New York Review of Science Fiction is only available in hard copy; perhaps apt for a play about what happens when the digital world disappears, and takes almost every piece of cultural memory…
(What is Flux Sunday?) Our last Flux Sunday before we leave on our 6th annual retreat was our biggest yet, and it’s a shame to end that the momentum just as it was getting going (and yet, we’re glad to go). We also finished Perse and Viva Fidel, two plays developed entirely at Flux Sundays….
(Photo by Ali Seed. Pictured: Bushra al-Maqtari) By August Schulenburg As I write this blog post over my lunch break in the comfort of my office, Fatima Sale tweets from Yemen: @tota770: #Breaking #Taiz: sound of heavy firing in the vicinity freedom square, close to Jamal St. #Yemen #YF For those who haven’t read the…
By August Schulenburg After h/ting through Isaac to David Dower’s heartfelt post on the New Play Blog (I’ll wait for you to read them), I finally got around to writing a post I’ve been meaning to put together since the New Play Convening. For those too busy to link-jump, the gist of both posts is…
By August Schulenburg It’s Indie Theatre Week, the undisputable hinge upon which the whole year swings. The goals? To promote the Indie Theatre community and celebrate the work being done. So let’s get promoting and celebrating, shall we? Events (this list courtesy of Tim Errickson): July 23rd at 1pm- 3rd Annual Indie Theatre Midsummer Classic…
By August Schulenburg (What is Flux Sunday?) Our second Flux after the end of Ajax in Iraq was a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of day. We took on a ton of pages from Perse, reaching the climax of the play; we neared the end of Viva Fidel, and we moved towards the middle of Now Comes The…
By August Schulenburg In my interesting comment dialogue with Randy yesterday, I touched on a feeling that I’ve been wanting to blog about for awhile. There are two fantasies regarding theatre and money: 1.) That money can buy you quality, and 2.) that money has no impact on quality. For the first, we have recent…
From time to time, some degree of a moratorium on the plays of Shakespeare is considered. After seeing Much Ado About Nothing at Boomerang (a solid production that reminded me of what a profound accomplishment the character of Beatrice is) and Measure for Measure in the Park (an inconsistent production with a fantastic Lucio and…
By August Schulenburg An odd thing occurred to me several days ago. I had my Tweetdeck open, and was following a number of hashtags, including #MarriageEquality, #Iraq, #Afghanistan and #Women2Drive. For those not Twitter-inclined, this means two things: streams of 140 character messages relating to those hashtags are updated in real time on my Tweetdeck…
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