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…
By August Schulenburg “You must enter the theatre through the world.” -Joe Papp This quote, shared by Todd London at the 2011 TCG Conference (and tweeted by me), has continued to stick with me, touching on a feeling I tried to put into words nearly a year ago in The Wider Frame. As I wrote…
By August Schulenburg(What is Flux Sunday?) We’re back! After an Ajax in Iraq sized hiatus, we returned to the friendly confines of Judson Memorial Church for some Flux Sunday action. It was a full day – we went over our 7PM limit – and everyone was really bringing it. Playwrights: Fengar Gael (The Cat Vandal),…
(Photo: Anna Lamadrid. Pictured: Jelena Stupljanin, Jason Howard) New World Iliads was an interesting ForePlay series for Flux. On the one hand, our benefit that kicked off the series was well-attended, and represented a high water mark for quality in the series. The two that followed were both strong artistically, but due to the overwhelming…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Tiffany Clementi, Lori E. Parquet) Yikes! The show’s been closed for half a week and I still haven’t posted responses to most of the reviews. Rather than getting stuck in yesterday, I’m going to round up all those I missed here and now. It doesn’t quite do justice to the thoughtful…
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