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…
What is The Imagination Compact? And how can I learn more about Flux’s Midsummer? 1. What is your favorite Shakespeare play? Twelth Night (of the Living Dead…) 2. What is your favorite line of text? “If music be the food of love, play on.” 3. Does Shakespeare influence your writing at all? Very much so,…
Nearly 100 people packed The White Rabbit on April 14th to help Flux raise money for our upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here are a few pics from the event, all courtesy of photo wizard, Isaiah Tanebaum. Jason Paradine and Christina Shipp make some people happy with our great raffle prizes. Imagination Compact…
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