Theater
In Conversation
Lumberjack Alchemy: Richard Foreman
By David KilpatrickJust as the first servings of this year’s mental stew were being offered at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre, word spread that The Gods Are Pounding My Head! (AKA Lumberjack Messiah) might well be a last supper at the table of legendary writer-director-designer Richard Foreman.
The Gallery Players: Brooklyn Theater Grows a Hybrid
By Gary WinterCommunity theater has a long history in America, nurturing local talent and bringing tried and true fare to communities outside the reach of first-run plays. But what happens when the community is Brooklyn’s Park Slope, whose stone-skipping distance from Manhattan has transformed it into a kind of residential boom-town over the past twenty years for working professionals, many of whom are active in the professional theater world?
In Dialogue
The Sick, Ugly Brilliance of Gina Gionfriddo
By Rob HandelPaula Vogel has been teaching playwriting at Brown University since 1985, so if you go to the theater anywhere in America these days, there’s a good chance you’re seeing the work of one of her students. One of her aphorisms (which are legion) is “Time works backwards in the theater.” This is a key element in the nuanced understanding of structure that is The Way of Paula.
