http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2007/09/12/nature_theater_of_oklahoma_1/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2007/09/12/nature_theater_of_oklahoma_1/#comment-701 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:55:09 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2007/09/12/nature_theater_of_oklahoma_1/#comment-701 I’m afraid I have to respectfully disagree on the “spontaneous,” “engaging,” and “transcendent” labels. I’ll take your word for it that they physically went into the audience in the second act. But I’d dispute the idea that reciting a the same pre-recorded line as yesterday into a particular spectator’s ear constitutes interaction.
That’s not to say the whole thing was a wash.
Where the show succeeded was in forcing us out of our expectations of what a story or a performance is “supposed” to look like. We weren’t afforded the luxury of tuning out. We had to pay attention.

]]> http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2007/09/12/nature_theater_of_oklahoma_1/#comment-700 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:12:13 +0000 http://urbanhonking.com/pica/2007/09/12/nature_theater_of_oklahoma_1/#comment-700 I agree. I felt privileged to be part of the experience. NTO is making some amazing experimental theater. They are fresh and exciting and definitely a company to watch.

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