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This is a story about my father. Like any story about the past, it is a conjuring act, and when you conjure spirits, you don’t know for sure one which ones will answer. I intend to conjure my father, but who will answer? My father as he is now, a man who wears his skin…

There’s no doubt we live in days that call for creative daring and collective care. As we catch our breath, now more than halfway through our 10th anniversary season, we’re proud of all we’ve accomplished together, but much work remains…and we need your help. This was always an ambitious season: four shows, two coasts, and…

(Post by August Schulenburg. Pictured: Corey Allen, Lori E. Parquet, Isaiah Tanenbaum, Anna Rahn, Alisha Spielmann, Heather Cohn, Izzy Fields, Kevin R. Free, Jodi Witherell) On Flux’s birthday (we announced our name at a lunch party 10 years ago on July 28) we were thrilled to hold a workshop reading of Flux’s next production, Kevin…

(Photo of Adam and Kristen at the Flux Retreat.) We’re thrilled to share that The Drama Book Shop will be featuring a joint signing with our dear friends and collaborators, Kristen Palmer and Adam Szymkowicz, on Tuesday, September 19th, at 5:00pm. This event is free and open to the public, and feature readings from the plays and…

(All photos by Isaiah Tanenbaum: Theatrical Photography.) Hear ye, hear ye! We’re thrilled to share that three Marian artists have been nominated for IT Awards: Jack Gilbert, for outstanding actor in a lead role Rocio Mendez, for outstanding fight choreography (her second IT Award nom for Flux fighting after Hearts Like Fists!) Matthew Trumbull, for outstanding actor…

(Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan, T. Thompson, Becky Byers.) (Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Becky Byers.) (Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Jessica Angleskhan, Becky Byers, Alexandra Curran, C. Bain, T. Thompson.) (Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: T. Thompson, Jessica Angleskhan.) (Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan.)

Post by August Schulenburg After the most divisive election in our memories, the Flux Creative Partners found ourselves asking, what now? It can’t be business as usual, not when so many in our communities feel more unsafe than ever. What can our little ensemble do in the face of such violence and uncertainty? Well, one…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        Contact: Gus Schulenburg, gus@fluxtheatre.org, 917-843-6909 Flux Theatre Ensemble presents the World Premiere of Marian, or The True Tale of Robin Hood by Adam Szymkowicz, directed by Kelly O’Donnell The playwright/director team from the critically-acclaimed Hearts Like Fists return with a pointedly…

We thought that this was going to be an annual appeal about our 10th anniversary. After all, we have a lot of history to remember, from our first college residency to our 22nd full production, from our first entrepreneurship award to our 20th IT Award nomination. And we wanted to celebrate the future, with two…

Flux is thrilled to welcome our newest Creative Partners, Emily Hartford and Lori Elizabeth Parquet! They join the 11 other CPs that make up Flux’s core operating team. Flux audiences know Emily and Lori most recently from their work as director and actor (respectively) in this past spring’s production of Rizing. But their involvement with Flux goes way…