FRAMESThis last Flux Sunday was the most powerful work we’ve done since our return from our Annual Retreat. We continued through Ten Black Boxes, Volleygirls, and We Are Burning; and also saw the 1st scene of Jeremy Basescu’s brand new play, The Will. The writing and the performances were all at an exciting level, as…
(Photo: Allison Bolah. Pictured l to r: Autumn Horne, August Schulenburg, Heather Cohn, Jane Taylor) A VOLLEY OF BURNING 60’S One of the best parts about Flux Sunday (from a playwrights perspective) is the weekly need for pages. You have to bring them every week, and they damn well better be as strong as the…
VOLLEYBALL WITH EMERSON AT our 2008 retreat, one of the highlights was workshopping Rob Ackerman’s new play, Call Me Waldo. A father struggling at work and with the near loss of his daughter begins to be possessed by his great ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is a heartfelt, funny and surprising play, and we all…
(Photo: Allison Bolah. Pictured: Daren Taylor, David Douglass Smith, David Ian Lee, Isaiah Tanenbaum, Amy Fitts) THE HAPPY RETURN OF FLUX SUNDAYS!Well, after a long break courtesy of our production of Midsummer, Flux returned to our weekly workshop process, Flux Sundays. And it was good to be back! For those of us who worked on…
ALL THE LITTLE BREAK THROUGHSWhile much of the dialogue in the theatrosphere justly involves revolutionary change, it is often little incremental break throughs that give me the most pleasure. Flux Sunday regularly reveals such break throughs – the right actor, the right director, the right role – and some new unconsidered possibility opens up. The…
What is The Imagination Compact?And how can I support it while partying with Flux? Rob Ackerman Playwright, The Mechanicals “Quince”, May 19 History with Flux: Regular Contributor to Flux Sunday, where Flux explored his play Icarus of Ohio1. What is your favorite Shakespeare play?Hamlet, because it’s one of the greatest dramas ever written and it’s…
PLAYING WITH POWERFlux Sundays has been growing steadily, and we have now had to change our invitation structure so that new folks come for three sessions only – giving us a chance to know them, and vice versa – with the potential of future revisits after all on the waiting list have had a chance….
I am so late posting about Flux’s developmental adventures! I would be ashamed if I had time to be ashamed! Instead, I will do penance by making every sentence in this post end with an exclamation point! Or no, that would make all suffer. No one likes an unnecessarily exclamation. (I think!?!?) Ah, reader, but…
Directing at Flux Sundays can be a dangerous event. Why, if you’re not careful, Members like Cotton Wright might bring you to an organic beer and local foods bar in the East Village, tie you down to a chair on a stage, and then give your brains a thorough washing with her drill. (photo:Marnie Schulenburg,…
SUNDAYS ARE FOR ENDINGS Due to the chaos of casting, this particular Sunday was more disorganized than any in recent memory. But in spite of that, it held a particular power, as both Trying and Honey Fist played out their last scenes. HOW NOT TO BE SEDUCED BY YOUR OWN CHARACTERSOne of the problems I…
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