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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….

Jacob’s House Review: Patricia Contino, Flavorpill

(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Matthew Archambault, Kelli Dawn Holsopple) Flavorpill’s review is out, and it is short but happily sweet! My favorite quote is easy, as the final two lines have it: “Combining a dysfunctional family with old-time religion and mythic America makes for rich metaphors and juicy theatre. Flux wrestled outside forces…

Divine Reckonings Artists Reveal #16:Ingrid Nordstrom

What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings?Ingrid NordstromActor, ForePlay Previous Flux Experience: Anisa Hansen in The Lesser Seductions of History; Dramaturgy for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Other Bodies; Have Another: We Are Burning Do you have a favorite Bible character?I think Judith is my favorite. Partially because she inspired Artemisia Gentileschi and consequently…

Jacob’s House Review: Laurence Klavan, The Jewish Daily Forward

(Photo: Justin Hoch @ jhoch.com. Pictured: Jane Lincoln Taylor) Every once in a awhile, you actually come close to that perfect review you wrote in your head to calm your nerves and help you sleep; it’s positive, of course, but more importantly, it makes you feel the whole of the play has been fully felt,…

Jacob’s House Review: The Happiest Medium

(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jane Lincoln Taylor, Zack Calhoon, Bianca LaVerne Jones, Anthony Wills Jr.) In a recession, value counts more than ever, so the good folks over at The Happiest Medium have come up with a great idea – two reviews for the price of one! With their new feature, 4 cents,…

Divine Reckonings Artists Reveal #15:Matthew Murumba

What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings?Matthew MurumbaActor, ForePlay Previous Flux Experience: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ForePlay (Divine Reckonings and Poetic Larceny), Food:Soul (Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damn Pernicious Go-Betweens), Have Another (The Will), 4th Annual Retreat at Little Pond, Flux Sundays Do you have a favorite Bible character?Starts with “M” ends with “atthew” Are…

Jacob’s House Response: James Comtois, Jamespeak

(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan, Zack Calhoon, Jane Lincoln Taylor) Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, New Hampshire’s favorite son James Comtois weighs in on Jacob’s House! And how can you top this for an opener? “Flux Theatre Ensemble’s latest production, Jacob’s House, is an Americanized retelling of…

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