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Imagination Compact Artists Reveal #25 — Jeremy Basescu

What is The Imagination Compact? And how can I learn more about Flux’s Misdummer? Jeremy Basescu Playwright, The Mechanicals, May 19th Flux History: Plays developed at Flux Sunday include A Wonderful Wife and Calling CQ 1. What is your favorite Shakespeare play? *King Lear.* It creates such a complete, compelling world that I can’t helpbut…

Imagination Compact Artists Reveal #24 — Gretchen Poulos

What is The Imagination Compact? And how can learn more about Flux’s Misdummer? Gretchen Poulos Actor, The Mechanicals, May 19th Flux History: Icarus of Ohio at Have Another 2, many Flux Sundays 1. What Shakespeare role would you like to play next?I have a number I’d like to play, but I think Joan of Arc…

Imagination Compact Artists Reveal #22–David Ian Lee

What is The Imagination Compact?And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? David Ian Lee Actor, The Lovers, May 12th Flux History: Flux Sunday regular as actor, director and playwright; plays developed include Sleeper and Dog Show 1. What is your favorite Shakespeare play?Tough call. Possibly Two Gentlemen of Verona, though Hamlet will laways…

Imagination Compact Artists Reveal #21–Jeff Lewonczyk

What is The Imagination Compact?And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? Jeff Lewonczyk Playwright, The Royals, May 12th (None of the women above are, in fact, the Jeff Lewonczyk. All three do, however, appear in his play Babylon, Babylon, which you should see.) 1. What is your favorite Shakespeare play?I’ve always felt like…

Imagination Compact Artists’ Reveal #20 — August Schulenburg

What is The Imagination Compact?And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? August Schulenburg Playwright, The Royals, April 28th 1. What is your favorite Shakespeare play? Whatever I’m working on.So, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 2. What is your favorite line of text? Beatrice: “Kill Claudio” Rosalind: “But these are all lies. Men have died,…

Imagination Compact Artists’ Reveal #19 — Aaron Zook

What is The Imagination Compact?And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? Aaron Zook Actor, The Fairies, April 28th (Pictured here in Impetuous’ 12th Night of the Living Dead) 1. What Shakespeare role would you like to play next? Hamlet.2. What Shakespeare role would you like to playthat no one will ever cast you…

Imagination Compact Artists’ Reveal #18 — Anthony Wills Jr.

What is The Imagination Compact?And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? Anthony Wills Jr. Actor, The Royals, May 12th 1. What Shakespeare role would you like to play next? Othello2. What Shakespeare role would you like to play that no one will ever cast you in? Titania3. If you had to date one…

Imagination Compact Artists’ Reveal #17 — Matthew Archambault

What is The Imagination Compact? And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? Matthew Archambault Actor, The Mechanicals, May 19th 1. What Shakespeare role would I like to play next? Angelo, Iago, Benedick2. What Shakespeare role would I like to play that I won’t ever play? Son from Henry VI Pt. 3 because of…

Actor Driven Magic

How does this entry relate to Flux’s full production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? So just what, exactly, is actor driven magic? Actor-driven magic: -Is overtly theatrical, with no attempt made to conceal the trick. The audience’s imagination must therefore be complicit in the creation of the magic. -Lives primarily in the body of the…

The Union of Bottom and Titania

How does this entry relate to Flux’s full production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? (Design by Autumn Horne) The sexual union of Bottom and Titania is the heart of Midsummer, and the epiphany that Bottom experiences afterwards is it’s center of gravity. It is a union of the sublime and the grotesque; of the divine…

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