A thought exercise in the form of a hypothetical question: if you had to choose between the following two fates for theatre, which would you choose? Fate #1: It’s 2030. Communities have responded to the pressures of globalization by developing vital local identities through theatre. Everyone in the community participates in the daily process of…
It’s that time again! Flux is holding invited auditions for our 4th Season: Don’t Look Away. Casting info for all 3 shows is below. Flux Theatre Ensemble is casting for its production of Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams, a post-apocalyptic comedy with music. First rehearsal, January 3. Production runs February 3-20AEA Showcase (approval pending)….
(Pictured: Jonny Goodman of Bailout Theater and Judson Memorial Church) Flux has now collaborated with Judson Memorial Church and Bailout Theater on Hearts Like Fists; Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens; and ForePlay-Divine Reckonings. Several Fluxers are contributing to Judson’s next Bailout on the Living Wage. And these collaborations are, we hope, just the beginning….
(What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Fengar Gael (The Spell Caster), Brian Pracht (The Misogynist, Unplugged In), August Schulenburg (Where It Comes and Where It Goes, Symbolic Gestures, Carrin Beginning) Actors: Candice Holdorf, Richard Watson, Kari Swenson Riely, David Crommett, Gretchen Poulos, Anthony Wills Jr, Jason Howard, Ken Glickfeld, Kelly O’Donnell, Alisha Spielmann, Isaiah Tanenbaum, Heather…
“All art is quite useless”-Oscar Wilde, preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray “a play may be the hardest cognitive workout… The best way to prepare the mind for the 21st century might be to see a 16th-century play.”-Jonah Lehrer, keynote at the 2010 TCG National Conference A Reconsideration Of The Preface To The Picture…
Our friends at Judson Memorial Church, hosts of our last Food:Soul Hearts Like Fists, have another Bailout Theater planned, and some Fluxers are contributing plays. Judson is partnering with Living Wage NYC to stage short plays inspired by their work. Myself and Erin Browne (playwright of our upcoming production of Menders) are among those contributing…
Congrats and huzzah to the winners and nominees of the 2010 NYIT Awards! We were thrilled to see Crystal Skillman win for Outstanding Original Full Length Script and the New York Neo-Futurists grab the Caffe Cino award; and were admittedly disappointed when our Heather Cohn did not take home the IT for Outstanding Director. As…
(What is Flux Sunday?) After 3 weeks off for our 5th Annual Retreat (aka, Flux Sunday all day long), we returned to action with a high spirited Flux Sunday. Playwrights: Johnna Adams (Nurture), Fengar Gael (The Spell Caster), August Schulenburg (Denny and Lila, The Refrigerator Hums) Actors: Isaiah Tanenbaum, David Crommett, Alisha Spielmann, Richard Watson,…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Tiffany Clementi, August Schulenburg, Christins Shipp, Cotton Wright) Thanks to everyone (around 100!) who came out for our sixth Food:Soul, Adam Szymkowicz’s Hearts Like Fists. This was a special Food:Soul for us, as our first Food:Soul was Adam’s Pretty Theft. It was also our second partnering with Judson Memorial Church’s Bailout…
(Photo: Tiffany Clementi. Pictured: Adam Szymkowicz, Kelly O’Donnell, August Schulenburg, working on Adam’s play CLOWN BAR) After establishing our Core Values at the 5th annual retreat, we moved onto Aesthetic Values. There was plenty of discussion surrounding these values as well; including whether or not we even needed them. After all, we’re artist-driven, and good…
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