A long time into the future, slowly: Emily Johnson’s “Then a Cunning Voice and A Night We Spend Gazing at Stars”
“There is no end to the work we begin here.”
Machinalia – a response
Assaulted by sound. A noisescape that experientially presented embodied anxiety. Mic stand dialogue, alienating and surprisingly all the more evocative for it. Shit hanging from the ceiling. A donut that somehow is both a murder weapon and the patriarchy itself? A potato that is both
Between Walled Rooms: Tyler Rai on Ivy Baldwin’s “Keen [No. 2]”
it was about our bodies.
no, it was about our wildness.
as if you could divide them.
Philadelphia Dispatch: No Face Performance Group’s THE TOP
I am seeing the iPhone ghost faded into Mark’s jean pocket. We see each other.
He is seeing each one of us.
on the intense yearning of the indefinable – a response to SEHNSUCHT
“Nostalgia” is appealing because its outlines are blurry, soft, malleable; it is easy to romanticize the past because you can pick and choose the parts of them you want to recall.
How Not To Save Your World
“What are we even trying to save!?”
True Right, or, George and Jeb: A Cautionary Tale
We have long had a fascination with what our culture’s celebrities do behind closed doors. What nicknames do they use? What junk food do they like? Yeah but how do they talk to each other, really? These are just some of the many questions Gemma
Ensemble Studio Theatre: It’s Not a Sprint
Is a one-act the most intentionally ephemeral storytelling? Or a prelude to a more extended version of itself?
’round the bend: Amy Surratt’s FIRST AND LAST (show)
An effective seduction, there is enough truth in the tall tales to keep us believing and bound to the ride.
by wing, fin, hoof, or foot: a movable conversation
It feels almost as though I am watching a fairy tale, or an animal documentary about conflict within an ecosystem.
Remake The World: La MaMa Moves!
In these perilous, challenging and unpredictable times in our country and in the world, we can look to the performing arts for some clues as to how we might respond and continue to live our lives with vigilance, and hopefully a modicum of wisdom, to
A Slow and Steady Commotion: response to Sister Sylvester’s Maps for a War Tourist
But the tortoises bring a different element. They seem trustworthy. You can really count on them to play their part.