Denouement
Denouement. Like Exposition, but with higher resolution. Coming in May.
Theatre!
Garage Sale for Haiti
Over $1400 in 4 hours. Huzzah!
2010!
Update: I'm co-organizing a Garage Sale for Haiti at The Brick this coming Sunday, 24 January. Details here. Silent Auction items and bidding here.
(2010! It's the future!)
The long prep for Untitled Van Gogh Project 2011 begins.
In the meantime, go check out my work with filmmaker Daniel McKleinfeld at Vimeo: Security and Fee, Water Cooler, and, though I still find it nearly impossible to watch, Still Life.
Improv Violence
Exposition is dead. Long live Exposition.
In other news, Deck The Hallmans opened like gangbusters last Sunday night. No one more surprised than I that I've returned to long-form improv.
Robert Honeywell, me, Lauri Berritta, Lynn Berg, Jonathan Kaplan
(Alyssa Simon, Iracel Rivero, Audrey Crabtreee & Donetta Riley too severely injured to photograph.)
Come see for yourself what all the bruises are about.
Things that Didn't Last Long
Retirement. Ah well.
Exposition. In which we attempt to undermine narrative by removing meaning from language. Also, pretty dresses. 19 to 21 November.
Not awkward.
Retirement.
I'm officially, temporarily, retired.
Over 10 years in New York and I've been fortunate to never have gone more than a few months without a show (or three). But I'm tired, I'm spent. I'm letting my hair grow out and putting away my headshots.
I'm getting married. I bought a house. I'll be back after the honeymoon.
In the meantime, please spend money at your local theater or opera house. For those in New York, I suggest The Brick.
Robots and Spies
Two readings - one for old friend Trav S.D. and Caveman Robot and one for Jerry Polner and Michael Criscuolo.
How To Disappear Completely
I am dancing again with Sarah Seely's company, From the Desk of Sarah Seely, and this time we're in Brooklyn. Here's our awesome video - come on out to Triskelion and see.
You can't tell, but I'll be wearing pasties. And a gas mask.
Lord Oxford (...) has arrived
Audrey Crabtree as Patty O'Pattycake. Photo by Ken Stein.
Lord Oxford Bring You the Second American Revolution, Live! opens Thursday 23 October! More production photos here.
Lord Oxford (...) is coming!
Poster illustration by Jeff Lewoncyzk.
Spell has closed, and rehearsal for Lord Oxford Presents the Second American Revolution, Live! has begun. Wall to wall talent in the cast: Gyda Arber, Lynn Berg, Audrey Crabtree, Rasheed Hinds, Robert Honeywell, Iracel Rivero, Alyssa Simon. Orchestrations by Matt Van Brink. Developed with Sue Morrison. Written and composed by Robert Honeywell. Directed by me(!)
Spell
I am a sick man.
Notes from Underground closes this Saturday. I wish we could extend our run. We're completely sold out, but there are a small number of tickets released each night at 7:45pm to walk-ins.
The Voice and nytheatre.com and The Brooklyn Paper love us, Time Out and Backstage don't. Divisive! Dostoyevsky would be so proud.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground opens on Friday, 15 February. I'm terribly proud of this one. Startling, intense, funny. Also, the tagline "limited and uncomfortable seating" is not hyberbole. Reserve in advance, and don't come if you're claustrophobic.
Lit by fire! And bile!
Whale Song
I'm participating in week 45 the 365 Days/365 Plays project. Two pieces I've directed (!) are at the Public Theater on Sunday, 14 October. Tickets are free.
"Gleefully funny!"
Every Play Ever Written is a hit! The Times call us "gleefully funny" and nytheatre.com raves.
The Pretentious Festival
Come see me in The Pretentious Festival (blog, movie)!
I'm in two shows - Lisa Ferber & Paul Nelson's new musical Dinner at Precisely 8:13 and a theatrical lecture entitled Every Play Ever Written: A Distillation of the Essence of Theatre. The former is delightful, the latter is the most important play ever produced. Ahem. Tickets.
ART!
Would that all photo shoots were this fun. The Brick's Pretentious Festival, as photographed by Tim Brown.
Goofballery above committed by me, Robert Honeywell, Berit Johnson, and Jason Robert Bell.
Thank you for flying
Flying with Fefu and her Friends
Created by Clove Galilee and Jenny Rogers.
Thursday - Sunday, January 25 - 28th. HERE Arts Center.
Wickets Tickets
Wicketstickets on sale now! With only 4 performances (and only 55 seats), the show is already selling out. And how could it not? - it's Fefu and her Friends set on a jetliner. You, the audience, sit inside a plane (first, business, or coach - arrive early for your choice). We, the actresses, are your stewardesses, and we perform the play around you while serving drinks and snacks. We have drink carts, safety demonstrations and feminist discourse. Watch video of me from August's showing.