ForePlay just got biblical.
Our exploratory play reading series, where playwrights riff on the themes of our mainstage production, is back. This ForePlay will feature 16 playwrights re-imagining 8 stories from the Old Testament, inspired by the upcoming production of Jacob’s House, our modern retelling of Jacob wrestling the Angel.
Flux is part of The Passion Play Coalition, a collaboration of theatres exploring the themes of Epic Theatre Ensemble’s upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play. For more information on The Passion Play Festival Coalition, click here.
Reservations for ForePlay can be made at heather@fluxtheatre.org
get directions to the April 5th and 19th ForePlay HERE
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The ForePlay Schedule
Monday, March 22nd @ 7:30PM
Judson Memorial Church (239 Thompson St)
Secrets and Lies
Featuring works by Johnna Adams, James Comtois, Kristen Palmer, & Brian Pracht
Directed by Jordana Williams
Secrets and Lies will focus on the stories of Queen Esther and David & Bathsheba
Monday, April 5th @ 7:30PM
Irondale Center (85 South Oxford St, Brooklyn)
get directions HERE
Journeys
Featuring works by Jeremy Basescu, Bekah Brunstetter, Rob Ackerman & David Ian Lee
Directed by Angela Astle
Journeys will focus on stories of Abraham & Sarah and Ruth & Naomi
Monday, April 19th @ 7:30PM
Irondale Center (85 South Oxford St, Brooklyn)
get directions HERE
I and Thou
Featuring works by Zack Robidas, Christine Evans, Michael John Garces, & Bill George
Directed by Heather Cohn
I and Thou will focus on the stories of Moses and The Binding of Isaac
Monday, May 10th @7PM
Access Theater Gallery (380 Broadway, 4th Floor)
An Awesome God
Featuring works by Erin Browne, Fengar Gael, Mac Rogers, & Crystal Skillman
Directed by Michael Davis
An Awesome God will focus on The Creation Story and The Rebellion of Korah
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What is ForePlay?
(ok, we know that you know what foreplay is, but what is ForePlay?)
Sometimes, you need a warm up for the full production. With Flux’s exploratory play reading series ForePlay, our community of artists riff on the themes of our upcoming shows through newly commissioned short plays. Past ForePlays have wrestled with the themes of beauty and theft from Pretty Theft, or re-imagined the characters of A Midsummer Nights Dream. ForePlay gives you a chance to connect with our wider community of artists, and deepen your experience of our full productions. So let’s get it on.
Past ForePlays include:
Poetic Larceny, inspired by Adam Szymkowicz’s Pretty Theft
The Imagination Compact, inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Dream Project, inspired by Calderon’s La Vida Es Sueno