A fascinating debate has erupted over the impact of the internet on our brains. In one corner, the utopians, led by Clay Shirky and Jonah Lehrer; in the other, the contrarians, led by Nicholas Carr. In the contrarian corner, Carr’s book The Shallows posits that the hyperlinked, multi-tasked, interruption-driven nature of the internet has robbed…
In my college, most acting students participated in a Shakespeare Tour, and on this tour, our professor would warm up our high school audiences with a brief shout out to the Elizabethan era. “New words were invented every day!”, he’d proclaim, which would lead his sarcasm-stained students in the wings to invent a ridiculous new…
After taking a week (or so) to recover from Jacob’s House (and if you haven’t left your thoughts on the play here, please do!), Flux is back in motion. Here’s a quick peek at what you can expect: The return of our weekly development series, Flux Sundays The completion of our interview series for the…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jessica Angleskhan) How did we miss this? Producer Michael Roderick wrote about Jacob’s House as part of his Triple Threat Roundup on BroadwayWorld. Along with shout outs for Maeutic’s Barrier Island (aka, the show I’m going to kick myself most for missing) and (new to me) Active Theatre Company’s…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Zack Calhoon, Anthony Wills Jr.) Doug Strassler’s review for OffOffOnline is up, and while he has reservations about the play, he recommends the production (and shouldn’t you take his advice, oh reader?) Doug is another critic highly valued by Flux, with Jacob’s House his third review of our work….
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Matthew Archambault, Kelli Dawn Holsopple) Flavorpill’s review is out, and it is short but happily sweet! My favorite quote is easy, as the final two lines have it: “Combining a dysfunctional family with old-time religion and mythic America makes for rich metaphors and juicy theatre. Flux wrestled outside forces…
What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings?Ingrid NordstromActor, ForePlay Previous Flux Experience: Anisa Hansen in The Lesser Seductions of History; Dramaturgy for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Other Bodies; Have Another: We Are Burning Do you have a favorite Bible character?I think Judith is my favorite. Partially because she inspired Artemisia Gentileschi and consequently…
(Photo: Justin Hoch @ jhoch.com. Pictured: Jane Lincoln Taylor) Every once in a awhile, you actually come close to that perfect review you wrote in your head to calm your nerves and help you sleep; it’s positive, of course, but more importantly, it makes you feel the whole of the play has been fully felt,…
(Photo: Justin Hoch at jhoch.com. Pictured: Jane Lincoln Taylor, Zack Calhoon, Bianca LaVerne Jones, Anthony Wills Jr.) In a recession, value counts more than ever, so the good folks over at The Happiest Medium have come up with a great idea – two reviews for the price of one! With their new feature, 4 cents,…
What is Jacob’s House?What is ForePlay: Divine Reckonings?Matthew MurumbaActor, ForePlay Previous Flux Experience: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ForePlay (Divine Reckonings and Poetic Larceny), Food:Soul (Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damn Pernicious Go-Betweens), Have Another (The Will), 4th Annual Retreat at Little Pond, Flux Sundays Do you have a favorite Bible character?Starts with “M” ends with “atthew” Are…
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