Amp Written and performed by Jody Christopherson Directed by Isaac James Byrne Presented by Goode Productions at Here, NYC December 5-19, 2017
Imagine, if you will, a frog’s legs, ending abruptly not in a frog but merely in its spine, carefully cleaned of the flesh that once held it. Next, multiply this image, and picture a chain of these macabre trinkets strung out in an elevated location. Finally, conjure in your mind’s eye a lightning strike that sets those legs twitching and jerking of their own accord. This is the one of the first images with which Jody Christopherson’s new play, Amp, confronts the audience, plunging us into a nineteenth-century stew of galvanism, resurrection men, and tragedy-tinged literary legends.
Amp sees Christopherson reunited with Isaac James Byrne, under whose direction we saw her last fall in The Players Theatre run of Sylvia Milo’s The Other Mozart, another one-woman show,...
Imagine, if you will, a frog’s legs, ending abruptly not in a frog but merely in its spine, carefully cleaned of the flesh that once held it. Next, multiply this image, and picture a chain of these macabre trinkets strung out in an elevated location. Finally, conjure in your mind’s eye a lightning strike that sets those legs twitching and jerking of their own accord. This is the one of the first images with which Jody Christopherson’s new play, Amp, confronts the audience, plunging us into a nineteenth-century stew of galvanism, resurrection men, and tragedy-tinged literary legends.
Amp sees Christopherson reunited with Isaac James Byrne, under whose direction we saw her last fall in The Players Theatre run of Sylvia Milo’s The Other Mozart, another one-woman show,...
- 12/10/2017
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
Don't You F**king Say a Word Written by Andy Bragen Directed by Lee Sunday Evans Presented by Andy Bragen Theatre Projects at 59E59 Theaters, NYC November 4-December 4, 2016
Tennis, like any individual sport, isolates two people in a contest of focus and will, a push and pull of competition against one another but also against themselves. Andy Bragen's new comedy, Don't You F**king Say a Word, takes tennis as its structural conceit and thematic vehicle to great effect. Playing out on a white-lined, light blue set that evokes a tennis court folded up to create walls, Bragen's hilarious play creates a snapshot of two years in the friendship of a pair of New York City couples. After Kate (Jennifer Lim) and Leslie (Jeanine Serralles), who knew each other in college, have a chance encounter on the streets of New York, it does not take long before their respective boyfriends,...
Tennis, like any individual sport, isolates two people in a contest of focus and will, a push and pull of competition against one another but also against themselves. Andy Bragen's new comedy, Don't You F**king Say a Word, takes tennis as its structural conceit and thematic vehicle to great effect. Playing out on a white-lined, light blue set that evokes a tennis court folded up to create walls, Bragen's hilarious play creates a snapshot of two years in the friendship of a pair of New York City couples. After Kate (Jennifer Lim) and Leslie (Jeanine Serralles), who knew each other in college, have a chance encounter on the streets of New York, it does not take long before their respective boyfriends,...
- 11/22/2016
- by Leah Richards
- www.culturecatch.com
From “Glee” to “Modern Family,” primetime television’s rooster of gay characters has become an increasingly full house as of late. So when Dylan Marron landed a role in “Whatever this is.,” the new Kickstarter-funded web series written and directed by Adam Goldman (“The Outs”), the actor wanted his portrayal of the openly gay Ari to not only be more nuanced, but also emblematic of different aspects of the community.
“Ari is exactly the type of gay character I would have liked to have seen on TV when I was growing up,” Marron, a 25-year-old New York City native and Wesleyan University alum, said in an interview with The Huffington Post. “I love seeing an out gay character who hasn’t figured it all out. He isn’t necessarily the sassiest … Ari not only feels flawed, but also a bit like he’s still under construction.”
As seen in the...
“Ari is exactly the type of gay character I would have liked to have seen on TV when I was growing up,” Marron, a 25-year-old New York City native and Wesleyan University alum, said in an interview with The Huffington Post. “I love seeing an out gay character who hasn’t figured it all out. He isn’t necessarily the sassiest … Ari not only feels flawed, but also a bit like he’s still under construction.”
As seen in the...
- 8/14/2013
- by Curtis M. Wong
- Huffington Post
Adam Goldman and the people behind the web series hit "The Outs" are back with their new series "Whatever This Is," which is currently 3 days away from the end of their ambitious $165K Kickstarter campaign. They debuted the series' first episode earlier this week. The project description, according to the project's Kickstarter campaign: 'Whatever this is.' follows Sam (Hunter Canning) and Ari (Dylan Marron), two production assistants in New York, and Lisa (Madeline Wise), Sam's girlfriend. Sam and Ari are scraping by working on low or unpaid video production gigs thrown their way by Oscar (Ross Hamman), an existentially grumpy middle-man at a small production company. Making rent is hard enough; they barely have time to sneak toward their personal goals and personal lives in their off-hours. Lisa is a teacher and therefore unemployed for the summer. A chance encounter puts her on the road to a possible summer job,...
- 8/2/2013
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Remember "The Outs?" The 2012 six-episode web series -- created and directed by Adam Goldman -- followed the tumultuous dissolution of a relationship between two gay men as they navigated the pressures and challenges of being 20-something in Brooklyn, N.Y.
The enormous success of the miniseries not only enabled Goldman to produce and release a "Chanukah Special" episode this past April, but also the launch of a new project featuring familiar faces from "The Outs," titled "Whatever this is."
According to the show's website:
"Whatever this is." follows Sam (Hunter Canning) and Ari (Dylan Marron), two production assistants in New York, and Lisa (Madeline Wise), Sam's girlfriend.
Sam and Ari are scraping by working on low or unpaid video production gigs thrown their way by Oscar (Ross Hamman), an existentially grumpy middle-man at a small production company. Making rent is hard enough; they barely have time to sneak toward their...
The enormous success of the miniseries not only enabled Goldman to produce and release a "Chanukah Special" episode this past April, but also the launch of a new project featuring familiar faces from "The Outs," titled "Whatever this is."
According to the show's website:
"Whatever this is." follows Sam (Hunter Canning) and Ari (Dylan Marron), two production assistants in New York, and Lisa (Madeline Wise), Sam's girlfriend.
Sam and Ari are scraping by working on low or unpaid video production gigs thrown their way by Oscar (Ross Hamman), an existentially grumpy middle-man at a small production company. Making rent is hard enough; they barely have time to sneak toward their...
- 7/31/2013
- by This Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
While you were wetting your pants over the season finale of The Walking Dead or the Game of Thrones season premiere, loser, we were eagerly awaiting the final voyage of our loyal Brooklyn friends, and at long last, web series The Outs has premiered its final episode. The 43-minute affair (no commercials, this is the web, ya'll!) is the last stand for Jack (Adam Goldman), Mitchell (Hunter Canning), Oona (Sasha Winters), and the rest of our gang as they navigate a twisted mess of relationships, mistakes, and forgiveness. And if you're wondering why this all goes down around Chanukah, you can stop. There's no real reason for that. Nor is there a reason to feature guest star Alan Cumming, but I mean, it's not like you need one there. Watch the series finale of The Outs below:
Thoughts on the finale? Who will you miss the most on The Outs?...
Thoughts on the finale? Who will you miss the most on The Outs?...
- 4/1/2013
- by Terron R. Moore
- TVology
Beginning tonight, Thursday, January 12, 2012, Harlan Bengel, Lute Breuer, Hunter Canning, Anthony Cochrane, Andrew Durand, Ben Horner, Leah Hofmann, Tessa Klein, David Lansbury, David Manis, Nat McIntyre, Geoffrey Murphy, Andy Murray, Tommy Schrider, Jack Spann and Katrina Yaukey join the 37 member acting company of the Tony Award winning production of War Horse. The National Theatre of Great Britains production, presented by Lincoln Center Theater and the National Theatre of Great Britain in association with Bob Boyett, continues its open ended run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.
- 1/12/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Beginning Thursday, January 12, 2012, Harlan Bengel, Toby Billowitz, Lute Breuer, Hunter Canning, Anthony Cochrane, Andrew Durand, Ben Horner, Leah Hofmann, Tessa Klein, David Lansbury, David Manis, Nat McIntyre, Geoffrey Murphy, Andy Murray, Tommy Schrider, and Jack Spann will join the 37 member acting company of the Tony Award winning production of War Horse. The National Theatre of Great Britains production, presented by Lincoln Center Theater and the National Theatre of Great Britain in association with Bob Boyett, continues its open ended run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street.
- 11/28/2011
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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