60 stories from Flux Theatre Ensemble
(Photo by Ali Seed. Pictured: Bushra al-Maqtari)By August SchulenburgAs I write this blog post over my lunch break in the comfort of my office, Fatima Sale tweets from Yemen:@tota770: #Break…
By August SchulenburgAfter h/ting through Isaac to David Dower's heartfelt post on the New Play Blog (I'll wait for you to read them), I finally got around to writing a post I've been meanin…
By August SchulenburgIt's Indie Theatre Week, the undisputable hinge upon which the whole year swings. The goals? To promote the Indie Theatre community and celebrate the work being done. So…
By August Schulenburg(What is Flux Sunday?)Our second Flux after the end of Ajax in Iraq was a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of day. We took on a ton of pages from Perse, reaching the climax of …
By August SchulenburgIn my interesting comment dialogue with Randy yesterday, I touched on a feeling that I've been wanting to blog about for awhile. There are two fantasies regarding theatr…
From time to time, some degree of a moratorium on the plays of Shakespeare is considered. After seeing Much Ado About Nothing at Boomerang (a solid production that reminded me of what a prof…
By August SchulenburgAn odd thing occurred to me several days ago. I had my Tweetdeck open, and was following a number of hashtags, including #MarriageEquality, #Iraq, #Afghanistan and #Wome…
By August Schulenburg"You must enter the theatre through the world."-Joe PappThis quote, shared by Todd London at the 2011 TCG Conference (and tweeted by me), has continued to stic…
By August Schulenburg(What is Flux Sunday?)We're back! After an Ajax in Iraq sized hiatus, we returned to the friendly confines of Judson Memorial Church for some Flux Sunday action. It was …
(Photo: Anna Lamadrid. Pictured: Jelena Stupljanin, Jason Howard)New World Iliads was an interesting ForePlay series for Flux. On the one hand, our benefit that kicked off the series was wel…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Tiffany Clementi, Lori E. Parquet)Yikes! The show's been closed for half a week and I still haven't posted responses to most of the reviews. Rather than g…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Joshua Koopman)Starting to catch up! Our next review is by Haytham Elhawary from Theatre is Easy, and it's lovely. He begins with a quote from Plato I was…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Sol Crespo, Chinaza Uche, Anna Rahn)This is, I think, Flavorpill's 4th review with us, and looking them over, I notice that I've made the same "short…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Mike Mihm, Raushanah Simmons)Argh, I am so far behind in my responses to reviews! There is now Flavorpill, Theatre is Easy, Time Out New York, the New Yor…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Stephen Conrad Moore)I'm falling a wee bit behind on these! For those who don't want to wait, go on and read That Sounds Cool, Flavorpill, and Theatre is …
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Mike Mihm)Back in the day, Backstage was our first major reviewer, positively reviewing both Life is a Dream and A Midsummer Night's Dream when not many o…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured:Stephen Conrad Moore, Christina Shipp)Jon Sobel of Blogcritics has reviewed everything since Pretty Theft (except for Jacob's House, I believe), and so it …
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Anna Rahn, Tiffany Clementi, Christina Shipp, Lori E Parquet, Sol Crespo)It was a great to take a moment and look through these photos from the keen-eyed …
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Sol Crespo, Lori E Parquet, Chinaza Uche, Tiffany Clementi, Mike Mihm, Chudney Sykes)Review #2 is out, and we're thrilled that Will Kenton from Cultural C…
This is an open thread for our community of artists and audience to respond to Ajax in Iraq. We have tried this for Dog Act, The Lesser Seductions of History and Jacob's House, and the comm…
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Raushanah Simmons)Review #1 is out, and it certainly is a great way to start. Danny Bowes at nytheatre.com has some truly lovely things to say about Ajax …
What is New World Iliads?How can I learn more about Ajax in Iraq?(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Brian Pracht, Rachael Hip-Flores, Matthew Murumba, Kari Swenson Riely)By August Schulenbu…
(Learn more about Ajax in Iraq)By August Schulenburg(Photo by Tiffany Clementi)The Sunday stumble-through, as might be expected, was both invigorating and exasporating. Invigorating, because…
Hey all, Isaiah here.You may know the Innovative Theater people for their annual IT Awards, which recognize excellence in the Off-Off-Broadway world (Flux productions have been nominated eig…
We just found out that Dog Act was nominated as Outstanding Off-Off Broadway Show for a Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Award by the Independent Theater Bloggers Association! Readers of this blo…
