February 2012
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End the tyranny of the Gregorian Calendar (a...
Leap Day is silly. February is silly. The whole damned year is bizarre, at best. The clock is standardized. Rulers are standardized. Weeks are standardized. Why are months and years so wack? We need a new, more sensible way of tracking our days.
Founding NY Neo-Futurist Chris Dippel offered this brilliant re-design of the Gregorian Calendar, which is confusing and erratic: 31 days here, 30 here,...
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Twitter Plays, part CLIII
It’s Twitter Plays CLIII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that takes place during a WAR/BATTLE.
Here are your plays starting with @Blueskyfox who wrote the WAR HORSE I would have rather seen.
@Blueskyfox: (A trench,WWI) SOLDIER:Wait—u’re really a woman pretending to b a man pretending to b a soldier?!? How madcap! Julie:It’s a farce! @thebaronessa: Joey:...
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UPDATE : You are in an open field | RocketHub →
Holy crap people are generous! Within 3 days of starting our RocketHub campaign to support our upcoming primetime show You are in an open field, we received over $1,000 in pledges! Clearly, people are craving plays with nerdy jams about video games.
After almost one week, we’re 32% of our goal and have 53 days left to hit at least $4,500.
How about this - if you pledge any amount before...
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Fall
© 2008 Erica Livingston Erica stands behind a podium. During the short monologue she takes off her makeup, applies moisturizer, eye cream and begins applying lotion to her body. My grandmother takes very good care of herself. Before bed and after her shower she washes her face and uses her toner and then heavily moisturizes her face. Then she applies lotion all over her body taking special care...
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WatchIt’s 4:48 am and I’m going to bed on cake and energy drink. We’ve got an amazing new show this weekend with 7 new plays, Christopher Loar is back in the show, Eliza Burmester is visiting from Chicago, we made a lot of puppets, we are holding auditions and you can audition to be a part of our show as a part of this weekend’s show. Two chances. Friday and Saturday. This is...
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Eat a yogurt! Fund a project!
Health Tip: If you eat some yogurt rather than ordering out for lunch just one time this week, you’ll feel better*. Also, you’ll have a few extra dollars in your checking account.
Oh hey, since those dollars are just collecting dust in your bank account (come on, you and I both know interest isn’t what it once was), why don’t you throw some green in the direction of the...
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Twitter Plays, part CLII
It’s Twitter Plays CLII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that takes place in the OLD WEST.
Here are your plays starting with @EvermirePlays and a flashback to the lawless cola wars of the 1980s.
@EvermirePlays: Man-Give me a sarsaparilla. Barkeep-Sorry, all we have is New Coke. (Man’s face melts off) @ShaneStraw: (Horse enters) Man-Hey, why the long face?...
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Mike Daisey's AGONY AND ECSTASY Transcript →
Storytellers! Mike Daisey is the bee’s knees when it comes to story telling and now you can read, perform, and adapt his newest work (closing at The Public soon), The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. Check it out!
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PSA: In case you're like me.
© 2008 Eevin Hartsough
This play is ideally done with 5 neos - Eevin plus four - although it could be done with three. Eevin stands center and is flanked by pairs of neos holding up pictures of the celebrities they (and Eevin) are talking about as points of reference. Eevin: I want you to know that I, too, am prone to mistakes and mixups. So in order to help you avoid some of the embarrassing...
Come to Too Much Light tonight (It's okay, Colbert...
We’ve got a 2012 high of 11 new plays in the menu, a brand new Jeffrey Cranor, all spiffed up and shined and full of gas, and did you know Stephen Colbert was almost a Neo-Futurist once?
New plays:
Six short scenes (possibly) about politics by Rob
The Maids on East 4th (with apologies to Jean Genet) by Cecil
When I told a bartender I was happy, he asked which drugs I was on. by Kate
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Twitter Plays, part CLI
It’s Twitter Plays CLI! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features a VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH.
Here are your plays starting with @bilald and a quick refresher on how the financial industry works.
2 from @bilald: Man: I need to deposit this check for $1 Zillion. Bank: Sorry, we only accept bonds and securities in that amount. & (MacArthur winner gets grant in...
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From PBS Nation (MC Rib, feat. Roey...
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Twitter Plays, part CL
It’s Twitter Plays CL! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that is ADAPTATION of an EXISTING STORY/PLAY.
Here are your plays starting with @sgnp. Twitterplays. Amirite?
@sgnp: Single spot on a mic stand. Hamlet: To be, or not to be. THAT guy knows what I’m talkin’ about. - Hamlet, Clown Prince of Denmark @epfeffin: ALL: Party! 1: Check out my wife. Life is...
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Twitter Plays, part CXLIX
It’s Twitter Plays CXLIX! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features a SENTIENT MACHINE.Here are your plays starting with @NickCasaliniand his marble-smooth pickup lines.
@NickCasalini: Nick checks out Vending Machine. VM: “You’re such a creeper.” N: “But at least I’m a creeper for your insides.” N inserts $1 slowly. @adam_smith:...