Readers of this blog know that after Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf is my favorite writer; close readers may even remember that we played around with staging Mrs. Dalloway at a Flux Sunday. So you can imagine my excitement when I heard Ellen McLaughlin was adapting the novel for the stage with director Rachel Dickstein of Ripe…
What is Flux Sunday? Playwrights: Rob Ackerman (Throwing Gumballs), Zack Calhoon (Hell, West, and Crooked; Stolen), Kristen Palmer* (The Stray Dog), Brian Pracht (The Misogynist), August Schulenburg (Denny and Lila) Actors: Susan Ferrara, Nancy Franklin, Ken Glickfeld, Kari Riely, Gretchen Poulos, Heather Cohn, Matt Archambault, Cotton Wright, Tiffany Clementi, Jason Paradine, David Crommett This was…
Increasingly, I am seeing the problems that face the theatre as woven into a larger context; and I am coming to believe that we can’t talk about the problems facing the field without also talking about that wider frame. I think we can’t talk about gender equity in season selection without talking about the 80…
What is Flux Sunday? Playwrights: Johnna Adams (Nurture, Gidion’s Knot, The Planned Obsolescence Of Karl Rove), August Schulenburg (Deinde) Actors: Matt Archambault, Nancy Franklin, Brian Pracht, David Crommett, Ken Glickfeld, Jane Taylor I admit, I went into this Sunday worried about the small turn out. But it ended up being a really satisfying evening, with…
I’ve been writing about Presence on the blog for some time, trying to understand the power of the connection between actor and audience evolving in real time. I’ve been looking to neuroscience for at least a metaphorical grasp about what might be driving this unique pleasure, considering such ideas of Quantum Darwinism and Mirror Neurons,…
I am not an economist, and this post will not approach the rugged grandeur of Ian David Moss’ musings on the subject of economic value. Rather, it is an open question about an uneasiness I’ve been having with how theatres talk about money. I have religious friends who practice a strict personal morality that does…
What is Flux Sunday? Yes, I know, I owe you reports from from 7/11 and 7/18. But I’d like to start a new trend of blogging about Flux Sunday immediately afterwards, so all those who atteneded can chime in with thoughts, before time steals them. Playwrights: Johnna Adams (Nurture), Zack Calhoon (Obamaville), James Comtois (McTeague),…
What is POP (aka) Playwrights-On-Playwrights?Who else is POPing Adam Szymkowicz? Number 5 is alive: J Holtham on Adam Szymkowicz’s Nerve J’s plays include January 2nd, Creative Writing, Lovers to Bed, 11th Hour, Race Music, Household Name, Splendid, and Daylight Savings (What Happens Now). Nerve has been produced in NYC, St Louis, Miami, Asheville, Philadelphia, and…
(What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Rob Ackerman (Throwing Gumballs), Johnna Adams (Hripsime), Fengar Gael (The Spell Caster), Brian Pracht (The Misogynist; Or, No More Mr. Nice Guy), August Schulenburg (Deinde) Actors: David Crommett, Alisha Spielmann, Nancy Franklin, Ingrid Nordstrom, Isaiah Tanenbaum, Heather Cohn, Jane Taylor, Elise Link The playwrights returned in full force after my…
What is POP (aka) Playwrights-On-Playwrights?Who else is POPing Adam Szymkowicz? Batting clean up: August Schulenburg on Adam Szymkowicz’s Nerve August’s plays include Riding the Bull, Rue, Other Bodies, The Lesser Seductions of History, Jacob’s House, Good Hope, Kidding Jane and Carrin Beginning. Nerve has been produced in NYC, St Louis, Miami, Asheville, Philadelphia, and beyond….
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