Category Archives: Art

The following is a near-total summary of Saturday morning’s conversation between John Collins, artistic director for Elevator Repair Service, the theatre company staging Gatz, and Mark Russell, artistic director for this year’s T:BA festival. Elevator Repair Service began with John … Continue reading →

Dressed in red, white, and blue prison stripes, a cowboy hat, and cowboy boots, Larry Krone looked like circus cowboy escapee. And he sang such sweet, heartbreaking ditties, but for the laughs of his stage banter and woefully hyper-depressing lyrics. … Continue reading →

with Aki Onda, Fuyuki Yamakawa and Pablo de Ocampo. This noontime chat offered insight into the artistic processes of two experimental practitioners from Japan. Both perform tonight at the works, and after hearing them talk about their work, I eagerly … Continue reading →

Posted by Chloe Despite everyone’s best efforts, the show was canceled about an hour after it was to begin. I wasn’t terribly bothered; it got me out of bed and dressed at a respectable hour, I finally saw the inside … Continue reading →

The last Claude Wampler run is tonight, and I’m thinking about going for a second time. It’s a tricky one not to spoil, so I’ll try not to by saying that this was the most personal show I’ve seen yet. … Continue reading →

I’m a slow reader, so I’m actually surprised that Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz – which everybody knows by now includes a complete reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – is only about 7 hours long, not counting a … Continue reading →

T:BA:07 Day Ten – Saturday, 15 September 2007 9:30a Young Jean Lee Workshop, PNCA 12:30p Reading Between the Lines, PNCA 3:00p Gary Wiseman, Rimsky-Korsakoffe House 4:00p Simple Actions, PAM: Whitsell 6:30p Young Jean Lee’s Theater Co., PCPA: Winningstad 10:30p Ten … Continue reading →

Polygraph Detector of Connection The face of the polygraph claims that it is the Detector of Deception. But you soon realize the show isn’t about truth; it is about interaction and emotion. Liz has created a structure to have interactions … Continue reading →