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Out and About, The Fringe Edition

Just when I’m ready to post about the Fringe it feels like it’s halfway finished! BUT my tardy post is no excuse for missing the following Flux-infused Fringe offerings: Member Cotton Wright (Pretty Theft, Angel Eaters, Rue) is appearing in a musical called Gutter Star, The Paperback Musical. If you’ve never heard Cotton sing, remedy…

Wallace’s Engaging Audiences, or, Don’t Fear The Amateur

Andrew Taylor at the Artful Manager has posted a link to the PDF of the Wallace Foundation’s Engaging Audiences, a report that came out of their Grantee Conference in Philadelphia this April. Some parts feature the uneasy truisms of social media; other parts feature interesting anecdotes of one time fixes to long term problems. But…

Volleygirls, the day after

The event went really well! Thanks to everyone who made the trek on a grey day to support our work and share in Rob Ackerman’s Volleygirls. Our extreme staged reading was a whirlwind process, but we landed in a good place, and thanks to the commitment of the cast, the reading captured a little of…

Lesser Seductions: Night Letters

As we lead up to our fall production of The Lesser Seductions Of History, I’ll be posting things that inspired the play’s writing or echo its concerns. I heard Stanley Kunitz read from his poem Night Letters in the days before the second Iraq War, at a Not In Our Name gathering during a blizzard…

Arlene Goldbard on Imaginative Empathy

I had meant to post a link to Arlene Goldbard’s talk at the NET Summit in San Francisco some time ago, but time keeps on slipping, slipping. However, now is still as good a time as any, maybe more so after posting Ellen McLaughlin’s commencement address on the twin births of theatre and democracy. Both…

Cast Announced For Volleygirls

(Look at how much fun raffles are! Jason and Christina are having fun! And so can you!) And what a cast: VOLLEYGIRLSby Rob Ackermandirected by August Schulenburg COACH: Matt ArchambaultDIRK: Jason ParadinePHIL: David CrommettCARLA: Jane TaylorBEN: Jaime Robert CarrilloLAUREN: Catherine PorterJESS: Tiffany ClementiREF: Candice HoldorfSALLY: Kelly O’DonnellINGRID: DeWanda WiseLIV: Elise LinkMARISOL: Jessica AngleskhanCRASH: Christina ShippKATIE:…

Out and About

Today at 8PM is your last chance to see Founding Member Candice Holdorf in the excellent Never/Cracked. It’s also your last chance to see Flux friend Carissa Cordes in Hamlet. And then next week, Lynn Kenny from Pretty Theft plays Medea (yikes!) in a modern adaptation called Maddy – be sure to check it out….

Exploding Moments: Two Girls

Heather here. Exploding Moments #2 features the play Two Girls written and performed by Gabrielle Maisels, produced by Dina Leytes. Before launching into the exploded moment, I should say that you have one chance left to see this play: Final Performance of Two GirlsSunday, August 2nd at 6:00pmThe Dorothy Strelsin Theatre – 312 W. 36th…

Ellen McLaughlin on Theatre and Democracy

Recently, my friend (and amazing playwright/actor) Ellen McLaughlin sent me the commencement address she’d written for the students at A.R.T. This address came out of their collaboration on Ajax In Iraq, a harrowing play about the trauma of the Iraq war mirrored through the story of Ajax. The address itself looks at the twin births…

Five Bloggers On Fire

And speaking of discipline, a shout-out to five bloggers who have been on fire lately: Adam Szymkowicz: is on a tear interviewing all sorts of interesting playwrights Sean Williams: the multi-faceted Gideon producer is rocking production posts, reactions to shows, and in-depth thinking on larger issues confronting the field; all with candor and warmth Leonard…

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