How much is a Facebook Event Attending worth in real butts-in-seats terms? With advance ticket sales rarer than ever, perhaps you find yourself (as I often do) refreshing your Event, hoping to see those precious number rise. But is a Yes on Facebook equal to a Yes in life? Though not big/wide enough for a…
(Photo: Crystal Skillman. Pictured: Cast and Playwright of The Lesser Seductions of History) On Friday, November 15th, the entire cast of The Lesser Seductions of History reunited to read through scene 1962 as part of the New York Theater Review Launch Party. I felt so lucky to have all eleven of the original cast clear…
(Photo by Tyler G. Hicks-Wright) Tomorrow night (10/15) is the big night! The whole entire cast (and some of the design team) of The Lesser Seductions of History are reuniting to celebrate the publication of the play in the New York Theater Review. The review will also feature Erin Browne’s Trying (developed at Flux, and…
To begin, I apologize for the title of this blog post. I’ve been staring at a computer for so long when I go to the bathroom I click on the doorknob. To continue, it’s time for some shout-outs for deserving plays getting published! James Comtois’ play, Infectious Opportunity, is being published by the good folks…
We’re all thrilled to report that our own Heather Cohn was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Director for The Lesser Seductions of History! For those of you who took the time to vote for us, your votes contributed to this nomination, so from all of us, THANK YOU. This is…
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…
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…
After The Lesser Seductions of History closed, our Marketing Director Kelly O’Donnell created a power point presentation that broke down the demographics of the audience that attended. While her presentation featured some salty jokes regarding the process, not to mention some choice photos, perhaps discretion is the better part of valor here, and I will…
(Photo by Tyler G Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Jake Alexander, Tiffany Clementi, Michael Davis) Director Heather Cohn and I were interviewed about The Lesser Seductions of History by Rachel Cole for InDigest Magazine, an online literary magazine dedicated to dialogue about and between the arts. Rachel’s column Play by Play previously featured a lovingly detailed review of…
(Photo: Tyler G. Hicks-Wright. Pictured: Matthew Archambault) I was thrilled to see that one of our co-founders and former members Joe Mathers had started a blog (covering stage combat – I hope he’ll be covering Fight Fest at the Brick) and even more thrilled he saw The Lesser Seductions of History and blogged about it….
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