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Jacob’s House Artists Reveal: Kelly O’Donnell

(Ed. note: Ridiculously late, but this interview completes the set! Thanks to all the Jacob’s House and Divine Reckonings artists that participated)What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings? Kelly O’DonnellDirector, Jacob’s House Previous Flux Experience: co-founder of Flux. Played Tegan in The Lesser Seductions of History. Directed Rue, Riding the Bull, Life is a…

Divine Reckonings Artists Reveal #15:Michael John Garcés

(Ed. note: My sincere apologies, this lovely interview feel through the cracks! I truly hope later is better than never…)What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings? Michael John GarcésPlaywright, Divine Reckonings Previous Flux Experience: First timer! Do you have a favorite Bible character?The “voice” of the psalms. Are you blessed?Yes. If you were wrestling…

A Poem for Patrick Lee

Readers of this blog know in what deep esteem I held Patrick Lee, the reviewer behind the vital Just Shows To Go You. Hearing of his untimely death yesterday, I could not quite wrap my mind around what we’ve lost. After loving his reviews for years, I asked him to write the introduction to the…

Theatre and the Cognitive Surplus

A fascinating debate has erupted over the impact of the internet on our brains. In one corner, the utopians, led by Clay Shirky and Jonah Lehrer; in the other, the contrarians, led by Nicholas Carr. In the contrarian corner, Carr’s book The Shallows posits that the hyperlinked, multi-tasked, interruption-driven nature of the internet has robbed…

Words, Words, (new) Words

In my college, most acting students participated in a Shakespeare Tour, and on this tour, our professor would warm up our high school audiences with a brief shout out to the Elizabethan era. “New words were invented every day!”, he’d proclaim, which would lead his sarcasm-stained students in the wings to invent a ridiculous new…

Back In The Saddle

After taking a week (or so) to recover from Jacob’s House (and if you haven’t left your thoughts on the play here, please do!), Flux is back in motion. Here’s a quick peek at what you can expect: The return of our weekly development series, Flux Sundays The completion of our interview series for the…

Jacob’s House Response: Michael Roderick, BroadwayWorld

(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan) How did we miss this? Producer Michael Roderick wrote about Jacob’s House as part of his Triple Threat Roundup on BroadwayWorld. Along with shout outs for Maeutic’s Barrier Island (aka, the show I’m going to kick myself most for missing) and (new to me) Active Theatre Company’s…

Divine Reckonings Artists Reveal #18: Will Ellis

What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings? Will EllisActor, ForePlay: Divine ReckoningsPrevious Flux ExperienceForePlay: Imagination Compact Do you have a favorite Bible character?My favorite Bible character is Joseph. Are you blessed?I feel extremely blessed. Humbly speaking. If you were wrestling an angel, what moves would you use?Wrestling move? Probably the sleeper-hold. What would you…

Divine Reckonings Artists Reveal #17: Fengar Gael

What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings? Fengar GaelPlaywright, ForePlay: Divine Reckonings Previous Flux ExperienceA fan of Flux Sundays where actors have scenes from my perversions-in-progress: BEGGAR AT THE FEAST, THE USHER’S BALL, and THE GALLERIST. Do you have a favorite Bible character?Goliath and Lot’s curious wife.Are you blessed?Every day, every hour, by every…

Jacob’s House Review: Doug Strassler, OffOffOnline

(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Zack Calhoon, Anthony Wills Jr.) Doug Strassler’s review for OffOffOnline is up, and while he has reservations about the play, he recommends the production (and shouldn’t you take his advice, oh reader?) Doug is another critic highly valued by Flux, with Jacob’s House his third review of our work….

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