Post and pathetic iPhone photo by August Schulenburg (What is Flux Sunday?) Playwrights: Katherine Burger (The Rainy Season), EM Lewis (Magellanica), Adam Szymkowicz (Untitled Museum Play), August Schulenburg (The Fields of Blue and Glow, The Iron Hours) Directors: Pete Bosivert, Heather Cohn Actors: Matthew Trumbull, Emilia Aghamirzai, Emily Hartford, Ken Glickfeld, Isaiah Tanenbaum, David Crommett,…
Pictures and posts by August Schulenburg Our first production meeting for DEINDE was last Wednesday night late, at our apartment in Astoria over wine. And though we usually conduct our production meetings in more professional locales and without the aid of vino, the necessities of schedules made for a wonderfully productive and enjoyable start. Pictured…
(The Decades Out reading of DEINDE. Pictured: Brian Pracht, Tina Chilip, Ed Schultz, Lex Friedman and Ryan Andes) Flux’s 5th Anniversary Season kicks off April 27 with DEINDE, directed by Heather Cohn and written by August Schulenburg, and we’re thrilled to announce the cast! While Flux has always been blessed with strong casts, I’m particularly excited by…
Thank you to everyone who came out to see Menders. Remember, in the curtain speech before the play, when we directed your attention to program ad for the New York Innovative Theatre Awards? Well, you have until this Friday to vote! The audience vote counts for 25% of the total vote so your vote really…
Flux Theatre Ensemble is casting for DEINDE, a new play by August Schulenburg and directed by Heather Cohn. DEINDE runs from April 28 – May 12 as part of the BFG Collective at The Secret Theatre. Rehearsals begin around March 24 on evenings and weekends. The production is an Equity Showcase with a modest stipend. Auditions are this Saturday…
This is an open thread for our community of artists and audience to respond to Menders. We have tried this for Dog Act, The Lesser Seductions of History and Jacob’s House, and the comments were very insightful. When you see the show, please take a moment to share your thoughts with us in the comments…
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. Menders is inspired in part by “Mending Wall“, perhaps the most famous poem by that most American of poets, Robert Frost. Aimes (my character) recites…
Here at Flux, we very much hope that you’ll consider making a donation to support our work (so we can continue sharing moments like these with you). But it’s also important to acknowledge that no theatre company goes it alone, and there are organizations that improve the conditions of the field for all theatres. We…
2011 was about as good as it gets, and in casting my mind back through the year, it’s hard for me to believe so much happened in such a short time. Here are my favorite 11 moments in Flux during 2011. I hope they’ll not only inspire you to share your own moments in the…
A recent discussion thread in Forbes and The Wall Street Journal examines how successful companies die, and I was struck by how strongly the article resonated with my concerns about the not-for-profit theatre field. The article quotes the oft-quoted Steve Jobs, saying: “The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or close…
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