So, while Jacob’s House tickets are selling reasonably well – we’ve nearly sold out opening night – we’re behind ticket sales from our past two shows, having sold 15% less then Pretty Theft (85%) and 42% less then The Lesser Seductions of History at this distance from opening. That’s a significant downturn when we’d expected…
Rereading Harold Bloom’s book on Shakespeare, The Invention of the Human, I was struck anew by this passage on page 56 regarding the uniqueness of his characters, excerpted here: “Instead of fitting the role to the play, the post-Marlovian Shakespeare creates personalities who never could be accommodated by their roles: excess marks them not as…
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…
Reason 1: He interviewed me as a part of his playwright series, and I talk about all sorts of things, including our upcoming production of The Lesser Seductions of History. Reason 2: He has posted the cover of the published script of Pretty Theft and it is both crazy hot and a wee bit familiar…but…
We’re back from the Retreat, and ready to post all the details of our very busy week. But first, some good news from past productions: The Angel Eaters Trilogy is being published! How did I find this out? Through playwright Johnna Adams’ blog, who at last at last has returned to the blogging world. And…
A great post from Arts Marketing on transparency has me thinking about the direction of this blog. In general, our blog functions as a hub of what we’re doing, but it focuses on the positive, omitting negative reviews and internal conflicts. On the one hand, I think that’s right – this blog should be a…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Marnie Schulenburg, Maria Portman Kelly) Well, it’s closed, and all of us are very sad. THANK YOU to everyone who made time to see it. And if you want to give us just a wee bit more of that time, please vote for us at the New York Innovative Theatre Awards….
Here’s another scene that Adam cut from the play – this one during Joe’s trip to the Hospital for The Mentally Deranged. If kept, it would give a more comic entry into the nightmare world of the hospital – but it had to go. And so will the show itself, so if you haven’t already,…
A really nice note about Pretty Theft from Diane Debicella, the Program Director for Fractured Atlas. Flux LOVES Fractured Atlas, and all the amazing things they do for organizations like ours and individual artists, so this is especially sweet. Only two more shows, so please read it and then go get your tickets!
Really fascinating stuff Adam cut from the play focusing on Allegra’s Mother (and the Waitress!) Read it below and then go get your tickets! (ALLEGRA’S MOTHER in a spot on the other side of the stage.) ALLEGRA’S MOTHERJust like her father. Leaves me just like he does. Say they’ll be back but who really knows….
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