David Cote’s recently raised the excellent question of why playwrights don’t review playwrights in a post for the Guardian. Then my colleague Rob Weinert-Kendt expanded the conversation over on the TCG blog, and J. Holtham added some quality cents at 99 Seats. At around the same time, I was finishing a biography on my constant…
What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings?Kia RogersLighting Design, Jacob’s House Previous Flux Experience: First timer! Do you have a favorite Bible character? I would have to say Jesus because he was a great teacher. Are you blessed? Yes, I am blessed. I know what I want out of this life, I see my…
Thanks for everyone who made part two such fun! Our ForePlay series Divine Reckonings continues this Monday the 19th at the Irondale Center, 85 South Oxford St in Brooklyn, at 7:30PM. Will you be there? (And have you nabbed your $11 discount tix for opening weekend of Jacob’s House with the code MANIFEST?) Please note,…
“Here is a definition of the word beauty I like: the quality present in a thing that gives intense pleasure and deep satisfaction to the mind through the manifestation of a meaningful pattern or design.” – Her, Other Bodies Why do we need to dream? In Jonah Lehrer’s beautiful essay of the same name, dreams…
Our Facebook invite for Jacob’s House was created this weekend – should you care to kindly signal your attendance there, do so by clicking here. But as with our post last week on the ROI of postcards, I’m interested in looking at the costs and benefits of each aspect of our marketing/audience engagement. While a…
(Postcard: Isaiah Tanenbaum) The postcard for Jacob’s House is out, and it’s a beauty. Designed by resident graphic wizard Isaiah Tanenbaum, with brainstorming led by the Core Members, I’m very happy with how this slightly-more-rushed-than-usual postcard turned out. Why? Because Isaiah’s design: Tweaks one of the greatest representations of man touching the divine Is both…
What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings? Zack CalhoonActor, Jacob’s HousePrevious Flux Experience: Flux Sundays as playwright, actor, and director Do you have a favorite Bible character?King David Are you blessed?Yes, I am blessed with an amazing wife and many wonderful friends. If you were wrestling an angel, what moves would you use?Half Nelson,…
In a recent game of chess, I felt the pull of the weird intuitive current that I usually only feel when writing plays. It was mid-game, and all of a sudden I knew which direction my pieces needed to move without actually knowing the exact moves I needed to make. It felt very much like…
Flux will be celebrating by, well, rehearsing theatre all day. BUT, if you’re not in rehearsal all day, there are all sorts of exciting things happening: – If you’re in NYC, check out the NYC World Theatre Day Coalition for flash and mobs and more– If you’re in the USA, check out my goodly employer’s…
What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings?Rob AckermanPlaywright, ForePlay Previous Flux Experience: Have been to many Flux Sundays, had a scene in a Have Another, spent a day at a Flux retreat, and Volleygirls had the honor of being featured as a Food:Soul. (Also, Dear China and Human Resources were featured in the ForePlays…
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