September 2011
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Twitter plays, part CXXXIII
It’s Twitter Plays CXXXIII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features something BROKEN.
Here are your plays, and @newageamazon leads us off with a sing-a-long we can all relate to.
@newageamazon: (A lawn at a college. HE sits, playing an acoustic guitar.) Her: Is that guitar broken? Him: No? Her: Keep playing and it will be. @ArmyofWomack: *partynoises as Bride...
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OMAR STANDS ON BLOCK!
© 2006 Jacquelyn Landgraf
At GO, Omar, who had been standing on a block, steps down from it. Immediately Jacquelyn and Eevin roll in on the rolly chairs from either side upstage
JL: We interrupt whatever you thought this play was going to be to bring you this special Neo News Update
EH: I’m Eevin Hartsough, sitting on a rolling chair
JL: And I’m Jacquelyn Landgraf, touching my ear...
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“Are there any guns in the show? Secret service wants to know.”
– Rob, after learning a diplomat was coming to the Too Much Light tonight.
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Your Weekend Starts Now - NY1.com →
Hey look it! We’re on TV for The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, vol 1.
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Twitter plays, part CXXXII
It’s Twitter Plays CXXXII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that takes place at DINNER.
Here are your plays, and @Donaldson leads us off with one of the greatest stage directions this side of Eugene O’Neill.
@Donaldson: (‘53) MOM: Pass the gravy. KID: We’re having breakfast for dinner. DAD: Son, there’s no need to leave out gravy. (Cue gravy...
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“[The Neo-Futurists] — brilliant minimalists, all — actually get the plays...”
– Scott Brown, NY Magazine Stage Dive: An Off Broadway Digest — Vulture
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2 deer 1 cup and a bird: the cycle of abuse...
Erica Livingston © 2008 Blackout. Two pink deer sit on a block. They are lit by the cliplight from above . Neo 1: I have something I need to show you. Neo 2: What is it? Neo 1: I can’t tell you. Neo 2: Why? Neo 1: Because. Neo 2: Because Why? Neo 1: I just can’t. Neo 2: Okay? Neo 1: Just trust me. Neo 2: Okay, I trust you. The cliplight goes out for a beat and then back on. Neo 1: Hold on one...
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“In this devilishly clever piece, the New York Neo-Futurists, best known for the...”
– Frank Scheck, NY Post
‘The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, Volume 1: Early Plays/Lost Plays’ review - NYPOST.com
We’ve extended an extra week. Get your tickets here.
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“Ingeniously adapted and flawlessly performed, this is downtown theater at its...”
– Richard Hinojosa, NYTheatre.com
The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill, Volume 1 nytheatre.com Review
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Random Relevant Social Experiment #4 (Week 1...
In Too Much Light, right now, Rob has a play titled, Random Relevant Social Experiment #4: Report of the death of the phone call is, wherein the performing Neos, present interns, and our Tech God of the week forward all their calls to 1 lucky Neo-Futurist for 24 hours. The idea is to track the number of phone calls we receive to determine whether the phone call is dead.
On Friday night, the...
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Twitter plays, part CXXXI
It’s Twitter Plays CXXXI! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features an UNOPENED BOX/PACKAGE.
Here are your plays, but first, let’s all view this fine short film on the subject (link via @starsinjenseyes).
@katemickere: A woman sits in a cafe. A disheveled man shuffles in and drops a small box in front of her. She spits out her coffee and cries. ...
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“…a fun, breezy evening that is both an homage to and a satire of one of...”
– The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill: Review on TheaterMania.com - 09/13/2011
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Basic Training Level 1 Workshop →
The last workshop of the year is coming up!
Saturdays Oct. 8, 15 & 22 from 12:30-5:30pm at 440 Studios | 440 Lafayette NYC Teachers : TBD
You know you want to.
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“…an impish illustration of how lively entertainment can be created from...”
– The Neos get reviewed in the New York Times, and it’s a good one!
Neo Futurists Present Stage Directions From O’Neill Plays - NYTimes.com
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10.10.07 (and every other day, really, albeit less...
© Eevin Hartsough Neo 1: Hey I’ve got a problem with you. Neo 2: Oh yeah? Neo 1: Yeah. Neo 2: What’re you gonna do about it? Neo 1: Think I’ll solve it with violence. Neos rumble for longer than is comfortable for them and the audience. This is a real fight/wrestling match/boxing match/whatever. After they stop they return to standing and catch their breath. Neo 2: Problem solved? Beat....
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Twitter plays, part CXXX
It’s Twitter Plays CXXX! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that has a DIFFICULT or IMPOSSIBLE STAGE DIRECTION.
Here are your plays, starting with @Donaldson retelling of the Revolutionary War.
@Donaldson: GEO.: Martha, my country needs me. MARTHA: Do what you must. (GEO. grows to 30 feet tall.) GEO.: It’s WASHING-TIME! @5357311: Hog: Leaves are falling. Hag: Yes....
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What I could couldn't could couldn't say to you...
(c) 2009 Dan McCoy Three Neos hold DM above the stage, flat on his back, upside down, head toward the audience. DM has binoculars. DM We should do this more often Or at least we should plan to He finds an audience member with binoculars and focuses on them Your nose is like a ski slope I don’t know how to ski but I’d love to learn I l- No Lowers binoculars, takes a long pause That was...
