Flux Theatre Ensemble Presents FOREPLAY
By: Gabrielle Sierra Mar. 12, 2010
ForePlay is Flux Theatre Ensemble's exploratory play reading series, in which contemporary playwrights are asked to riff on the themes connected to the mainstage production. This ForePlay will feature 16 playwrights re-imagining 8 stories from the Old Testament, inspired by Flux's upcoming production of August Schulenburg's JACOB'S HOUSE, a modern retelling of the Jacob wrestling the angel story. Join playwrights Johnna Adams, Jeremy Basescu, Erin Browne, Bekah Brunstetter, Leila Buck, James Comtois, Christine Evans, Fengar Gael, Michael John Garcés, Bill George, David Ian Lee, Kristen Palmer, Brian Pracht, Mac Rogers, and Crystal Skillman as they further explore themes of faith, family, legacy, and power. All readings are FREE and open to the public, with a $5 suggested donation.
Flux Theatre Ensemble is a member of The Passion Play Festival Coalition; a collaboration of theatres exploring the themes of Epic Theatre Ensemble's upcoming production of Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play. For more information on The Passion Play Festival Coalition visit www.facebook.com/PassionPlayNYC.
Monday, March 22 @ 7:30pm
Judson Memorial Church (239 Thompson Street)
Secrets and Lies
Featuring works by Johnna Adams, James Comtois, Kristen Palmer, & Brain Pracht
Directed by JorDana Williams
Secrets and Lies will focus on the stories of Queen Esther and David & Bathsheba.
Monday, April 5 @ 7:30pm
Irondale Center (85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn)
Journeys
Featuring works by Jeremy Basescu, Bekah Brunstetter, & David Ian Lee
Directed by Angela Astle
Journeys will focus on the stories of Abraham & Sarah and Ruth & Naomi.
Monday, April 19 @ 7:30pm
Irondale Center (85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn)
I and Thou
Featuring works by Leila Buck, Christine Evans, Michael John Garcés, & Bill George
Directed by Heather Cohn
I and Thou will focus on the stories of Moses and The Binding of Isaac.
Monday, May 10 @ 7pm
Access Theater Gallery (380 Broadway, 4th Floor)
An Awesome God
Featuring works by Erin Browne, Fengar Gael, Mac Rogers, & Crystal Skillman
Directed by Michael Davis
An Awesome God will focus on The Creation Story and The Rebellion of Korah.
FLUX THEATRE ENSEMBLE is a group of multi-faceted theatre artists composed of playwrights, directors, actors and designers. Through continual collaboration and development of new works, re-imagined classics, and ensemble-based projects, Flux creates seasons with an underlining theme that unites work that is character-driven, transformative, and uniquely theatrical. Flux is the proud recipient of two NYC Fringe Festival Awards. In 2007 the Village Voice Audience Favorite Award for August Schulenburg's Riding the Bull and in 2008 for Heather Cohn's "Outstanding Direction" of Other Bodies. nytheatre.com chose Flux Theatre Ensemble as one of their "People of the Year" for 2008 saying "This rising theatre company had a hit in the New York International Fringe Festival with Other Bodies, written by artistic director August Schulenburg, and then went on to mount the fall's most ambitious indie show, Johnna Adams's Angel Eaters Trilogy." Flux also received a Citation for Excellence in Off-Off Broadway Theatre from the Independent Theater Bloggers Association and 7 New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations for The Angel Eaters Trilogy including a win for Best Sound Design.
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