When the anthropologist Clifford Geertz explored the term "Thick Description," he posited that a factual account of life events simply was never enough. Rather, the true understanding of interrelations happens when complex layers are studied and subsequently interpreted. "The Intimacy Effect," a new play by Jeff Tabnick, opens on Thursday, September 28 at Vital Joint … Continue reading Theater Preview: ‘The Intimacy Effect’ To Open At Brooklyn’s Vital Joint
With Arts Under Siege In The Age Of Trump, Irondale Ensemble Resists
President Donald Trump is seriously considering putting nine domestic spending programs on the chopping block in the name of budget cuts, including The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Legal Services Corporation, AmeriCorps, and the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. Coming off a successful remounting of their impressive play 1599, Irondale Ensemble has … Continue reading With Arts Under Siege In The Age Of Trump, Irondale Ensemble Resists
One-Woman Play In A Bathtub Returns, Broken Bones And All
It's been a long, strange, soap-suds covered international trip for Siobhan O’Loughlin. But lucky us, because her notable, one-woman play Broken Bone Bathtub is back in our neck of the woods and coming to an apartment bathtub near you. Brooklyn-based writer, performer, activist, and award-winning playwright O’Loughlin has been touring Broken Bone Bathtub internationally, and we’re looking forward to having … Continue reading One-Woman Play In A Bathtub Returns, Broken Bones And All
How 2017 Became 1599: Irondale Ensemble Probes Shakespeare’s Prolific Year
Much has changed in 418 years. After all, 1599 marks a year when perhaps the most potent writer of English-language theater wrote four of his masterful works. William Shakespeare penned Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and the first draft of the iconic Hamlet. “When an audience and the theater community responds so … Continue reading How 2017 Became 1599: Irondale Ensemble Probes Shakespeare’s Prolific Year
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