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…
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…
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…
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…
How does this entry relate to Flux’s full production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream?(Christina Shipp as Bottom. Photo by Isaiah Tanenbaum) Ah, Bottom…how I dote on thee! Misprized most of Shakespeare’s creations, you are so often played as a series of bits and attitudes: they make you the pompous blow-hard tearing a cat, bumbling over…
How does this entry relate to Flux’s full production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Titania, Queen of the Fairies – she seems such a limitless creation that staging her can only diminish her…but Shakespeare has cut a mortal hole in her immortal fabric that makes her journey one of the most deeply felt in the…
This blog entry is meant to be a touchstone for Flux’s upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This main entry will focus on the larger questions we are asking and risks we are taking in our production; within this entry, links will bring you (our intrepid reader) to the details. By sharing our process…
What is The Imagination Compact? And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? History with Flux: Dream Project participant, in Jose Rivera’s Sueño 1. What Shakespeare role would you like to play next? I haven’t done a tragedy in a while – I’d really love to do MacDuff in The Scottish Play, Laertes in…
What is The Imagination Compact? And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? 1. What Shakespeare role would you like to play next? RICHARD OF GLOUCESTER (henry vi) 2. What Shakespeare role would you like to play that no one will ever cast you in? DON ARMADO 3. Describe the best Shakespeare production you’ve…
What is the Imagination Compact? And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? 1. What Shakespeare role would you like to play next? ophelia 2. What Shakespeare role would you like to play that no one will ever cast you in? iago 3. What is the first thing you think of when you hear…
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