Three interesting things regarding the brain and how we tell stories: The Transcendental Social: A Denmark study that found that praying to God activated regions of the brain associated with talking to a friend, reinforcing a theory linking religious faith to theory of mind, the idea that our capacity to imagine the intentions and thoughts…
So, while there are a few more posts regarding The Lesser Seductions of History still to come (most importantly a detailed response to the audience responses), I want to talk quickly about what Flux has coming up, and what role this blog will play, and how you can engage with us here: NEXT FOR FLUX…
I want to write a little about how the scale of the way we remember and forget is changing in our culture, and what that might mean for theatre. A few things recently caught my eye: the discovery and subsequently rapid spread of Vivian Maier’s photography. Unknown as a photographer in her lifetime, John Maloof…
Until Sunday the 29th, the New York Innovative Theatre Awards will be accepting your votes for The Lesser Seductions of History. The audience votes count for 25% of the total, so your vote really does count. Flux was previously nominated for 7 NYIT Awards, winning one for Asa Wember’s Sound Design of Angel Eaters, and…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: The Cast) Playwright/actor/blogger Zack Calhoon has some good thoughts on Lesser Seductions on his blog, Visible Soul. There has been a great mix in critical response divided between: those who know us, those who know our work well, those who know our work a little, and those who don’t…
This is an open thread for our community of artists and audience to respond to The Lesser Seductions of History. This is an experiment for Flux, and its success depends on you. When you see the show, please take a moment to share your thoughts with us in the comments field below. A few rules…
(Photo by Tyler G Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Christina Shipp, Jason Paradine) If you haven’t met producer/artist extraordinaire Michael Roderick yet, don’t worry – you will. There is no producer I know so selflessly dedicated to every aspect of theatre in New York City – from commercial runs to Indie theatre – he’s either seen it or…
The idea for new models of theatre is as old as Thespis stepping out of the Chorus. Lately, there has been some interesting ideas in adapting existing social models from other fields: examples theatre as church, and theatre as community supported agriculture. This got me thinking about what other potential models are out there, and…
Two recent breakthroughs in neuroscience seemed worth reporting in the context of our work in theatre: 1. The over expression of a single gene, NR2B, caused a rat to remember things three times longer than her kin.2. Individuals with a greater expression of a gene that regulates oxytocin score 22.7 higher on tasks that measure…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: The Cast) Our first negative review! And it’s a doozy, courtesy of Megin Jimenez at nytheatre.com. I suppose it’s a sign of how well this run is going that the hostility of the review amused more than wounded; and made me almost feel badly for her, hating away there…
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