The Orpheus Variations – Stage 2 Rehearsal Photos
Posted by Adam J. Thompson on April 28th, 2012
2012 ART/NY Internship Fair
Posted by Adam J. Thompson on March 11th, 2012
Mitch and I spent the morning at the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York‘s 2012 Theatre Internship Fair. We spoke with over 70 bright and enthusiastic students from all over the country – folks from New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and as far as Texas.
We look forward to welcoming a great group of new interns to the company this summer and the following autumn.
My personal thanks to Mitch for volunteering his time to meet potential interns with me, and to ART/NY for hosting a wonderful and crucial networking and staffing event.
I snagged a few minutes early in the morning and in the midst of the hustle to snap these two photos of Mitch hard at work.
Enjoy.
TOV Auditions
Posted by Adam J. Thompson on March 2nd, 2012
The Orpheus Variations
The Deconstructive Theatre Project
Founding Director: Adam J. Thompson
Managing Director: Arielle Lever
Director: Adam J. Thompson
Text: Lauren Feldman
Devised collaboratively by the Ensemble
Audition Information
Seeking: all types, ages, genders
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Time: 3:00 – 7:00 PM (email for appointment)
Location: The Playroom Theatre, 151 West 46th Street, 8th Floor, NYC (btw Sixth & Seventh Aves)
Prepare: The audition will consist of a group devised theatre exercise led by the director. No monologue or prepared text is necessary.
Email for appointment: Please email headshot and resume to casting@deconstructivetheatreproject.org
The Deconstructive Theatre Project is casting ensemble performers to join the NYC development and premiere of THE ORPHEUS VARIATIONS. Ensemble performers cast in the project will portray a number of characters, create live soundscapes and live lighting effects, and operate live feed video cameras. Cast individuals will join several existing members of the ensemble.
Actors with an interest in devised/ensemble theatre, non-traditional theatre, interdisciplinary/multimedia work, live and interactive video, and filmmaking/film acting are especially encouraged to audition.
Dates
Project rehearses in two stages:
Stage 1: April 1 – May 31
Stage 2: September 16 – October 18
Performances: October 19 – 21, 26 – 28
April: 3 rehearsals per week: Sundays 1:00 – 7:00 PM, Mondays and Fridays 6:30 – 10:30 PM
May: 4 rehearsals per week: Sundays 1:00 – 7:00 PM, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays 6:30 – 10:30 PM
September: 3 rehearsals per week: Sundays 1:00 – 7:00 PM, Mondays and Tuesdays 6:30 – 10:30 PM
October: 4 rehearsals per week: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 6:30 – 10:30 PM
All rehearsals and performances occur at The Magic Futurebox, 55 33rd Street, Brooklyn (D, N, R to 36th St)
The Orpheus Variations is a live performance-interactive live video hybrid that re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld as the tale of a transcendent sound-maker struck mute by the suicide of his lover. In a desperate attempt to reconstruct the decaying past, the sound-maker obsessively fills thousands of glass jars with single objects - keepsakes - each endowed with a singular memory of his beloved. The Orpheus Variations uses fragmented live video technology to explore creative process and to deconstruct the classic myth from the inside out by colliding the grand narratives of Greek tragedy with the private internal narratives of modernist literature, poetry, and film. The development of The Orpheus Variations has been supported by Chez Bushwick, The School of Making Thinking, and IRT Theater. The project is currently supported by a curated residency with the Magic Futurebox.
The Deconstructive Theatre Project is a Brooklyn-based not-for-profit ensemble performance laboratory that exists to devise and premiere new multidisciplinary work. The company is dedicated to producing performances that experiment with the relationships between theatrical vocabularies, content, and form and to providing broad community access to its process and productions.
The Orpheus Variations is not produced in association with a union contract.
For more information: http://www.deconstructivetheatreproject.org
http://www.facebook.com/deconstructivetheatreproject
Photos from The Orpheus Variations IRT Theater workshop, January – February 2012
Photo Credit: Mitch Dean
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The Orpheus Variations Rehearsal Shot
Posted by Mitch Dean on February 22nd, 2012
Adam J. Thompson during a rehearsal for The Orpheus Variations.
Photo Credit: Mitch Dean
The Orpheus Variations on Tumblr
Posted by Ryan J. Davis on February 9th, 2012
Last weekend I attended The Deconstuctive Theatre Project’s The Orpheus Variations presentation at IRT. It’s a very cool project, combining live film and theatre with the Orpheus myth. Look forward to watching this develop.
Click the image below to view more photos via my full Tumblr post.
Video Footage from The School of Making Thinking, Summer 2011
Posted by Adam J. Thompson on December 29th, 2011
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The First Community Supported Theatre Roundtable
Posted by Adam J. Thompson on November 4th, 2011
The Deconstructive Theatre Project conducted its first Community Supported Theatre Committee Roundtable on November 3, 2011 at Roebling Tea Room in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Committee Members (L to R): Founding Director Adam J. Thompson, Board Member Ryan J. Davis, Kaylen Ratto, Becky Leifman, Managing Director Arielle Lever, Chrissie Rouse, David DeParolesa.
Stay tuned for more information about Community Supported Theatre, The Deconstructive Theatre Project’s new audience engagement project – launching in spring 2012!
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