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Poetic Larceny Artists Reveal #10 --Nick Monroy

Thursday, April 2, 2009 1 comments


What is Poetic Larceny?

And how can I learn more about Flux's upcoming production of Pretty Theft?

NICK MONROY

Actor, May 4th

Previous Flux stuff: Snout aka The Wall in A Midsummer Night's Dream, saved our asses by stepping into the role of Herbet mid-run for Angel Eaters, begged many times to come to Flux Sunday, he has yet to be persuaded...

We asked the amazing artists of our upcoming staged reading series Poetic Larceny to answer some questions about stealing, beauty, and consequences. Read on for their answers!

Question #1: What is the worst thing you've ever stolen?

Heather Cohn's skateboard. (Although I'm pretty sure she gave it to me...but I probably should have stolen Gus's Shakespeare board game)

Question #2: What is the worst thing that's been stolen from you?
My heart. I never got it back. :(

Question #3: What do you find pretty?
I suppose I could say a beach in the Caribbean, or the Andes Mountains, or even the Manhattan Skyline at night, but I have to keep it real and say that I really enjoying seeing a nice round butt.

Question #4: What do you find beautiful?
An evening with friends

Question #5: If you could steal something beautiful without consequences, what would it be?
A burrito Read the full story

 

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A Shout Out For Hopeville

Chris Critelli and Cast (© Jacquelyn Terhar)
This post is long overdue. But when players in the Indie Theater community paint with bold colors, it deserves a shout out, late or not.
Last weekend marked the closing of The New Hopeville Comics, a new rock opera written by Nate Weida and Sarah Donnell (produced in association with Flux Friend, Michael Roderick). When Hopeville's own superhero Perfect Man sinks into despair over breaking up with his girlfriend Molly, villains Sex, Drugs and Rockenroll seize their opportunity to kill him off and take over the town. It's up to Molly and her friends April and Felix to save the day and bring hope back to Hopeville.
While the plot definitely had the comic book feel you might expect from such a title, its execution was nothing short of marvelous. With a 20 person cast and a 5 piece band, the first thing you quickly realize is how exciting it can be to hear that amount of sound and see that many bodies in a space as intimate as the Chernuchin Theatre. Choreographer, Ashley Adamek makes great use of the ensemble in the opening number, incorporating them as stars, clouds and moving men that create Perfect Man's flight through the night sky, letting us know in, no uncertain terms that this is a comedy and schtick will be abundant. Director, Jim Wren, commits with whole-hearted abandon to every moment of zaniness and this cast fills it with all their might.
Particularly enjoyable performances included Chris Critelli, as Perfect Man, who's charmingly cheesy superhero comes complete with a brilliantly rigged baby rescue. Sarah Donnell navigates the role of Molly through her journey of self discovery with truth and simplicity. John Bennett's villainous Rockenroll is remarkably charming. As vampy, vapid Delois, Carolyn Cole's deadpan is spot on and a delight from start to finish. Christine Dwyer as April is completely believable with an especially beautiful performance of the song "Wanting Molly".
Bravo. And, in the words of Hopeville, Rain On.
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Poetic Larceny Artists Reveal #9 -- Anthony Wills, Jr

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 0 comments


What is Poetic Larceny?

And how can I learn more about Flux's upcoming production of Pretty Theft?

ANTHONY WILLS, JR.

Actor, April 13th

Previous Flux stuff: An actor in last year's Imagination Compact, Anthony has participated in a number of Flux Sundays

We asked the amazing artists of our upcoming staged reading series Poetic Larceny to answer some questions about stealing, beauty, and consequences. Read on for their answers!
Question #1: What is the worst thing you've ever stolen?
I once was taken on a shopping spree by someone who claimed to be "in love" with me I later found out he had been using a stolen credit card. (I didn't return a thing though... oops)

Question #2: What is the worst thing that's been stolen from you?
I once had over a hundred paintings stolen. They were mostly mine but they also included my favorite painting by a friend of mine. I stopped painting for over a year after the incident.

Question #3: What do you find pretty?
I hate the word "pretty". It's almost as bad as "cute". I guess I would find anything that is almost aesthetically pleasing but absolutely lacking in substance or worthiness "pretty"

Question #4: What do you find beautiful?
Everything especially the things you find balled up and discarded by someone else who did not recognize it's beauty (I'm really not as big of a hippy as that sounded but it is what first came to my mind)

Question #5: If you could steal something beautiful without consequences, what would it be?
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Poetic Larceny Artists Reveal #8 -- Jeremy Basescu

What is Poetic Larceny?

And how can I learn more about Flux's upcoming production of Pretty Theft?

JEREMY BASESCU

Playwright, April 13th

Previous Flux stuff: A playwright in last year's Imagination Compact, Jeremy has developed a number of plays through Flux, including A Wonderful Wife, The Will, The Syndrome Syndrome, and Calling CQ.

We asked the amazing artists of our upcoming staged reading series Poetic Larceny to answer some questions about stealing, beauty, and consequences. Read on for their answers!

Question #1: What is the worst thing you've ever stolen?
When I was in fourth grade, we had an all-elementary-school assembly to watch some kind of informative documentary film. About ten minutes in, the filmstrip got dislodged and started flapping around on the projector. I quickly burst out into my best Swedish Chef impersonation to say, "De flim go de flip-flip-flip!" Everyone laughed. Since no one really concentrated on the film after that, I think it's safe to say that I stole the show.

Question #2: What is the worst thing that's been stolen from you?
That same year, a bunch of the boys in my class were trying to one-up each other with insults while I quietly sat near them. At one point, I thought of a great one (long since forgotten) and muttered it under my breath. The boy nearest to me heard it, laughed, and repeated it to the group. The good news was that it topped everyone else's insults, and everyone laughed. The bad news was that he took the credit. I should have gotten the clue right then and there that I was destined to write words for other people to say.

Question #3: What do you find pretty?
The ladies. There's a more complicated answer to that, but I wrote an entire full-length play with competing definitions of the word "pretty" as a running gag... so it'as probably not worth it to go into that here.

Question #4: What do you find beautiful?
The Hudson River. Seriously. Especially when you compare it to what it used to look like.

Question #5: If you could steal something beautiful without consequences, what would it be?
The words, characters, and ideas of Anton Chekhov.

Bio: Jeremy is a native New Yorker and Flux Sunday regular whose plays have been performed by Feed the Herd Theater Company, Blue Box's Sticky series, the Atlantic Theater Acting School, and Stupid: the Plays, among others. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University. Jeremy works as a theater teaching artist for Lincoln Center Institute, as well as a bunch of other organizations with ridiculously long names. Read the full story

 

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Poetic Larceny Artists Reveal #7 -- Matthew Murumba

What is Poetic Larceny?

And how can I learn more about Flux's upcoming production of Pretty Theft?

MATTHEW MURUMBA

Actor, April 6th

Previous Flux stuff: Our wonderful Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a Flux Sunday invited artist

We asked the amazing artists of our upcoming staged reading series Poetic Larceny to answer some questions about stealing, beauty, and consequences. Read on for their answers!

Question #1: What is the worst thing you've ever stolen?
It would be a embarrassing for me to say because I'm not one of those dark and mysterious bad boy types (ok maybe the dark part applies) so it would be something like my roommates toothpaste and that's pretty friggin lame. So good thing I didn't answer that question.

Question #2: What is the worst thing that's been stolen from you?
Tim Tams...the best cookie on the face of the planet... literally ... they happen to be from Australian and I am from Australia so maybe I'm biased but they also HAPPEN TO BE FRIGGIN AMAZING! I order them by the box (no joke) and if you ever in your life have one...you will understand why I do such a ridiculous thing like order cookies in bulk...and why they are the worst thing that's ever been stolen from me!

Question #3: What do you find pretty?
I don't know...sunsets...stars at night...crap like that

Question #4: What do you find beautiful?
Argentineans. the first and only girl I've ever asked to marry me was an Argentinean exchange student during my junior year of high school. She was in new york for a total of like two weeks by the way...I'm still holding out hope for some good news on that one (in the words of Jim Carrey in the critically acclaimed film Dumb and Dumber..."so you're sayin there's a chance!")

Question #5: If you could steal something beautiful without consequences, what would it be?
Probably said Argentinean from question 4

Bio:

Matthew was born in Melbourne, Australia to two refugees from Uganda and has live in NYC since he was ten. In addition to working with Flux on various projects (he loves Flux), Matthew is proud to be a member of Stage 13, a theater/film company that has a project Hysterical Psycho premiering at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, the Bat Theater Company (at the Flea Theater) and a founding member of Larrikin Productions. In addition to many NY theater credits Matthew has also recently played roles on Law & Order (Original) and in a Comedy Central Pilot.

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Poetic Larceny Artists Reveal #6 -- Mariam Habib


What is Poetic Larceny?

And how can I learn more about Flux's upcoming production of Pretty Theft?

MARIAM HABIB

Actor, May 4th

Previous Flux stuff: First time with Flux!

We asked the amazing artists of our upcoming staged reading series Poetic Larceny to answer some questions about stealing, beauty, and consequences. Read on for their answers!

Question #1: What is the worst thing you've ever stolen?
A book.

Question #2: What is the worst thing that's been stolen from you?
A wallet.

Question #3: What do you find pretty?
E-mail wallpaper or is it webpaper? sunsets and tall trees; pop-up books.

Question #4: What do you find beautiful?
Exuberance.

Question #5: If you could steal something beautiful without consequences, what would it be?
The forest.
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Poetic Larceny Artists Reveal #5 -- Erin Browne

Monday, March 30, 2009 0 comments



What is Poetic Larceny?

And how can I learn more about Flux's upcoming production of Pretty Theft?

ERIN BROWNE

Playwright, May 11th

Previous Flux stuff: Most recently the Food:Soul staged reading of Narrator 1, wrote for last year's Imagination Compact, participated in the 1st Have Another, and developed plays at Flux Sunday like Then and Trying. Her work has been read and produced at various places in NYC and the UK. Erin works in television and is learning to enjoy oatmeal.

We asked the amazing artists of our upcoming staged reading series Poetic Larceny to answer some questions about stealing, beauty, and consequences. Read on for their answers!

Question #1: What is the worst thing you've ever stolen?
A classmate's doll. She was so sad and it was purely malicious, not for monetary value. Even though I returned it almost immediately, I still feel like it's one of the meanest things I've ever done in my life. It's one of the few things I regret.

Question #2: What is the worst thing that's been stolen from you?
Either my bike or a VCR. They happened within months of each other when there was a rash of thefts in the apartment complex I lived in. Both represented a certain kind of freedom and were birthday presents from my Dad who lived far away. Probably the VCR because it was taken from inside my home and represented how easy it was for an intruder to enter space I considered safe and mine.

Question #3: What do you find pretty?
Standard things: flowers, things that sparkle or shine, stained glass, some babies, most eyes. Things that are clean, like a fresh sheet of paper or cotton fabric before it's been turned into something.

Question #4: What do you find beautiful?
Generosity. Scars. Things that are incomprehensively vast like the ocean and the sky and the belief people can have in each other or in concepts. Science. Nature. Things that make sense. Light. The physical embodiments of hope and wonder and joy.

Question #5: If you could steal something beautiful without consequences, what would it be?
The night sky over the desert. I would put it over New York instead so I could have it there every night just for me (and the other people who live in NY could look too if they wanted). The desert can keep it's sunsets, which seems fair. Read the full story