Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Get a Clue! Play Fest Pictures
What an event! Thanks to everyone who came out to support PFTCo. Six plays written, directed, rehearsed and PERFORMED in under a week. Here's the breakdown of this monumental undertaking- and some fun photos that proof it actually happened.
A Homeless Halloween
By Ross Evans
Directed by Rachel Park
On the Ledge
By Melanie Zooey
Directed by Dave Chase
So a Lady Walks into a Bar...
By Erin Austin
Directed by Glenn De Kler
Untitled
By Schuyler Brumley
Directed by Darren Mallett
Or Ya Just Happy to See Me?
By Erin Rashbaum
Directed by Anthony Hollock
Ann vs. Jo
By Brad Bauner
Directed by Rob Egginton
Friday, November 12, 2010
Fast Art and Plastic Flamingo
If Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in one night at a dinner party, just imagine what kind of art can blossom in a full week. We’re expecting these flowers of possibility to be six fully directed and acted plays based on the guidelines of the popular board game, Clue. It’s Plastic Flamingo’s first foray into “fast art” and we want you there!
It’s no surprise this style of quick and dirty theatre known as “fast art” works well in NYC. We’ve all got twelve jobs and only one of them pays. We all rely a little too much on 5 hour energy shots to push us through that last hour on the clock, and we all enjoy the exciting and often unpredictable results of artistic exercise.
One of the most well known NYC variations on “fast art” is the event The A Train Plays, where, yes, plays and musicals are created on the blue line, the city's longest subway route. Playwrights, actors, and directors make the subway car their office and rehearsal space. They have limited time to conceive and rehearse their new creations. How limited is their time? Well they have as long as it takes the train to get from W 207th street to Rockaway and back.
This coming Sunday, the appropriately titled The 24 hour Play Festival will start its egg timers. The performance will be at The American Airlines Theater on Monday November 15. This year it will feature among others, Claire Danes, Elijah Wood, and Sarah Silverman.
It was only a matter of time before those of us at Plastic Flamingo Theatre Company jumped onto the quickly moving “fast art” train. But in typical Flamingo fashion, we’re making up our own rules. We already spend too much time on subways and 24 hours is over too quickly. In Get A Clue! Play Fest, our 6 writers will have 2 days to create a short play. Directors and actors will get the rest of the week to rehearse. Sounds easy? We’re also making these writers incorporate the weapons and settings of the board game Clue into their plays. And directors and actors will be rehearsing without the comfort of a provided rehearsal space. So if you see a group of actors running lines on the A train, you’re getting a sneak peak for Sunday.
It’s a mystery as to what plays you’ll see on November 21st. But I can tell you we’ve assembled a group of eclectic and wildly talented artists. We’ll see you at Bar 82 on Sunday. Because let’s be honest, you’re in New York and you like it fast.
`Erin
Co founder of Plastic Flamingo Theatre Company
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Venus Fly Trap
Monday, November 1, 2010
PFTC to Announce 2011 Season!
Things just got serious. For the first time ever, we've organized an entire season's worth of mind-blowingly good theater. "Get A Clue" to learn more...
"Get A Clue" Short Play Festival & Fundraiser
When: Sunday, November 21st at 4:00pm
Where: Bar 82 (136 2nd Ave - between St. Mark's Pl & East 9th St)
Price: $5 suggested donation
We have assembled an amazing team of playwrights, directors, and actors for our "Get A Clue" Short Play Festival. Not only will there be great theater, but there will be insanely cheap drinks, snacks, and a "What's in the Box?" mystery raffle where you can win fabulous prizes!
"Get A Clue" Short Play Festival & Fundraiser
When: Sunday, November 21st at 4:00pm
Where: Bar 82 (136 2nd Ave - between St. Mark's Pl & East 9th St)
Price: $5 suggested donation
We have assembled an amazing team of playwrights, directors, and actors for our "Get A Clue" Short Play Festival. Not only will there be great theater, but there will be insanely cheap drinks, snacks, and a "What's in the Box?" mystery raffle where you can win fabulous prizes!
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