April 2012
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Who Made the Coleslaw?
©2011 Kevin R. Free As this play is being set up, an audience member is chosen who would like to star in one of our plays. On the stage is two tables, two blocks, and a podium. On the podium is a large bowl and a slotted spoon. On one of the tables is a head of red cabbage. Before GO, the Neo who chose the audience member asks the AM his/her name and tells the rest of the cast that name before the...
Apr 30th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 26th
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Twitter plays, part CLXI
It’s Twitter Plays CLXI! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features the word MOIST. (Context: New Yorker article) Here are your plays starting with @mightytoycannonand a reminder that frisson is a fantastic (and underused) word. @kwarnockny: A: This towelette is not moist! B: I am so sorry, sir. Here, let me… (A hands B the towelette; B spits in it). ...
Apr 25th
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Apr 23rd
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Delicious Consequences?
© 2010 Joe Basile Cara, Alicia, and Lauren sit in chair in a row downstage in front of the audience. They each have a bag of chips. At Go, they open the chips. To the right of them is a bag of whipped cream. Alicia: I am seduced by the sultry flavor of you. Lauren: The taste of you is captivating, Cara: bewitching. Alicia: It is rare and inconceivable that one would think of changing you in...
Apr 23rd
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“Sharks rarely swarm onto theater stages. But darned if some Great Whites (or...”
– Celia Wren (Washington Post) reviews The Complete and Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O’Neill at Arena Stage in Washington DC. A different look Eugene O’Neil — through his plays’ stage directions - The Washington Post Performances through Sunday!
Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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WatchWatch
The video designer for You are in an open field, Liliana Dirks-Goodman, experimenting with some imagery for the show. We open in 8 days! amliliana: A test/preview of video (that I am making) for the zork song in the new NY Neo Futurist’s play “You are in an open field.  Donate to the project Buy some tickets!
Apr 18th
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Please, Don't Start a Theater Company! |... →
Really interesting article about the Neo-Futurist and Elevator Repair Service’s business models in regards to sustainability in the arts. 
Apr 18th
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Twitter plays, part CLX
It’s Twitter Plays CLX! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features SMOKE. Here are your plays starting with @mightytoycannonand a reminder that frisson is a fantastic (and underused) word. 2 from @mightytoycannon: A: Is it supposed to smoke like that? B: I dunno. A: Maybe we should unplug it. B: Not yet. A: Why? B: The frisson. The frisson. & 2 actors stare at...
Apr 18th
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“Usually all I have to say is, “We’re doing a hip hop musical about...”
– Adam blogs for the awesome folks at RocketHub to talk about You are in an open field, Video games, and Crowd Funding. RocketHub - Your Creative Launchpad
Apr 17th
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Apr 17th
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Presently Untitled
© 2011 Roberta Colindrez At go, Neos are spread out all over the Kraine. As they deliver their lines, they move ever closer to the SR curtain. Neo 1: (Down by where we name tag) We could even start back here in the way back. By the tech booth. Under the stairs. Behind the back row. Way back here where sometimes you can’t even see us, and you have to turn around to see what we’re...
Apr 16th
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Apr 14th
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Twitter plays, part CLIX
It’s Twitter Plays CLIX! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features EYES. Here are your plays starting with @DrSomethingand the destruction of my 1980s pop-music nostalgia. @DrSomething: A: What’s she carrying around in that box? B: She’s got Bette Davis’ eyes. @lessthankyle: [ಠ_ಠ and ಠೆ_ಠೆ enter]...
Apr 11th
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Apr 9th
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Witness Protection Program
©2011 Nicole Hill Dan and Nicole enter at go… Nicole makes a b-line for the house where she really gets up in an audience member’s face, staring at them intently; her eyes never leave them as she speaks to Dan. Dan: Do you care to share with the rest of us what you’re doing there, Nicole? It’s kind of (inserts whatever he thinks about Nicole’s intense stare...
Apr 9th
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Destroy the New York Times (video game link) →
Apr 4th
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Twitter plays, part CLVIII
It’s Twitter Plays CLVIII! This week’s assignment was: write a 1-tweet play that features a REUNION. Here are your plays starting with @genegeorge and a fairly awkward social moment. @genegeorge: Sam: Did I have you for homeroom? Worm in a jar. Nope. Sam: P.E.? I give up. Worm: Nope. Biology. Sam: THAT’S RIGHT! Lookin’ good! @lauraknell: C: Peanut Butter? PB: Chocolate!...
Apr 4th
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The Erotic Meta-Poet
The Erotic Meta-Poet © 2010 Chisa Hutchinson Chisa walks out onto the stage and goes… I enter the space at a pace tempered enough to give off an air of confidence, and subdue a nervous smile. I inhale deeply to signal that I am ready to begin… and pause briefly for the sake of suspense. I deliver my first line with impeccable timing and surprising conviction. I try not to shrink...
Apr 2nd
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Apr 1st
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