(Photo: Deborah Alexander) “The awful, terrible act of his dying was, he could see, reduced by those around him to the level of a casual, unpleasant, almost indecorous incident…and this was done by that very decorum which he had served his whole life long.” –from The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Leo Tolostoy “Since you’re…
One of the Core Values being discussed at our 4th Annual Retreat at Little Pond is Ensemble Structure. This value is currently given this rough phrasing: “Flux values a collaborative decision making process that respects the voices of all Ensemble members involved.“ In practice, Flux votes on the plays and directors of the season. Occasionally…
Here they are! When Isaiah Tanenbaum wasn’t busy heroically playing Xavier, the hard-nosed journalist and announcer of the Ladyhawks, he was taking these pictures – most are from our rehearsal that day, but a few are from the party itself. For more info on the event, go here; and to read artist/audience thoughts about the…
Just when I’m ready to post about the Fringe it feels like it’s halfway finished! BUT my tardy post is no excuse for missing the following Flux-infused Fringe offerings: Member Cotton Wright (Pretty Theft, Angel Eaters, Rue) is appearing in a musical called Gutter Star, The Paperback Musical. If you’ve never heard Cotton sing, remedy…
Flux is heading next week on our annual retreat at Little Pond, and we have an ambitious schedule for a week of relaxation, balancing internal questioning with play development. One of the major goals is to begin articulating our Core Values into clear, evocative, actionable items. To do so, we’re not only looking inward and…
Andrew Taylor at the Artful Manager has posted a link to the PDF of the Wallace Foundation’s Engaging Audiences, a report that came out of their Grantee Conference in Philadelphia this April. Some parts feature the uneasy truisms of social media; other parts feature interesting anecdotes of one time fixes to long term problems. But…
The event went really well! Thanks to everyone who made the trek on a grey day to support our work and share in Rob Ackerman’s Volleygirls. Our extreme staged reading was a whirlwind process, but we landed in a good place, and thanks to the commitment of the cast, the reading captured a little of…
As we lead up to our fall production of The Lesser Seductions Of History, I’ll be posting things that inspired the play’s writing or echo its concerns. I heard Stanley Kunitz read from his poem Night Letters in the days before the second Iraq War, at a Not In Our Name gathering during a blizzard…
I had meant to post a link to Arlene Goldbard’s talk at the NET Summit in San Francisco some time ago, but time keeps on slipping, slipping. However, now is still as good a time as any, maybe more so after posting Ellen McLaughlin’s commencement address on the twin births of theatre and democracy. Both…
(Look at how much fun raffles are! Jason and Christina are having fun! And so can you!) And what a cast: VOLLEYGIRLSby Rob Ackermandirected by August Schulenburg COACH: Matt ArchambaultDIRK: Jason ParadinePHIL: David CrommettCARLA: Jane TaylorBEN: Jaime Robert CarrilloLAUREN: Catherine PorterJESS: Tiffany ClementiREF: Candice HoldorfSALLY: Kelly O’DonnellINGRID: DeWanda WiseLIV: Elise LinkMARISOL: Jessica AngleskhanCRASH: Christina ShippKATIE:…
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