Tuesday, October 25, 2011
We are pleased to announce the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play Awards! Granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S., the awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:48PMMonday, October 10, 2011
by August SchulenburgOne of the moments I love in Dog Act is when Vera, pretending (or is she?) to be the deity Wendy, explains to her new Scavenger followers why the Vaudevillian has a prot…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 03:33PMBy August SchulenburgWe're continuing our participation in the I AM THEATRE initiative launched by TCG with a story of my own. If you haven't already, be sure to also check out Isaiah Tanenb…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 12:32PMFriday, October 7, 2011
Having previously featured the ACTpass in Eliza Bent’s April 2011 Strategies column in American Theatre, we were excited when Ensemble Studio Theatre’s ESTpass press release cros…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:22PMTuesday, October 4, 2011
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Tiffany Clementi, August Schulenburg, Christina Shipp, Cotton Wright)Post by August SchulenburgFood:Soul is back this Wednesday, October 5th! And we are t…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 06:49AM(Print advertisement for Menders by Kristy Caldwell)Post by August SchulenburgThere is nothing like returning from my (perfect, dazzling, exhausting) honeymoon to find this evocative image f…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 05:51AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
By August SchulenburgThere is much to say about the 2011 IT Awards, and very little time for me to say it, leaving momentarily as I am (along with my beautiful new wife and Flux founder, Hea…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 01:58PMMonday, September 12, 2011
We're continuing our participation in the I AM THEATRE initiative launched by TCG with Member Isaiah Tanenbaum. If you haven't already, be sure to also check out Carissa Cordes' video.Isaiah…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 07:40PMSunday, September 11, 2011
(What is Flux Sunday?)If the previous Sunday was the Flux of the actors, this Sunday was the Flux of the playwrights - as many strong pages as we've seen in a long time, and despite my best …
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 11:11AM(What is Flux Sunday?)We had one of the biggest actor turn-outs ever for this Flux Sunday, and it was exciting!Playwrights: Larry Kunofsky (So Retarded), EM Lewis (If I Did This), Kari Swens…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 10:59AMThursday, September 8, 2011
Flux is thrilled to be participating in the I AM THEATRE initiative launched by Theatre Communications Group (the place where Tiffany and I spend our days). This is an amazing project that I…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 10:10AMTuesday, August 23, 2011
“I just saw writing about theatre in a different way, as a kind of dialogue with the artist, and that’s what’s really meaningful to me.” - Don Shewey, I AM THEATRE As the Artistic Di…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:18PMSunday, August 21, 2011
(What is Flux Sunday?)
Our first Flux Sunday back from the retreat had a smaller turn out, but that allowed us to do an exciting thing. We staged and shared four plays: two in the first hou…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 10:18AMWednesday, August 17, 2011
(Don't you want to Have Another with these peeps? Photo: Alisha Spielmann)
Our seventh Have Another was a particularly joyous affair, feeling as it did like an echo of the happiness of the R…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 06:04PMWednesday, August 10, 2011
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Becky Byers, Candice Holdorf)
Have Another is back, and this time, we're bringing some of our favorites scenes from the Retreat! Come and find out what wa…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 02:32PMTuesday, August 9, 2011
(All photos from August Schulenburg's iPhone)
We're back from our 6th Annual Retreat at the Little Pond Arts Retreat in Nazareth, PA. The Retreat is always an exhausting and exhilarating wee…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 10:01AMSaturday, July 30, 2011
(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Becky Byers, Squish, Liz Douglas) In this case, very much better later than never. Jen Gunnels for the New York Review of Science Fiction is only availabl…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 03:51PMThursday, July 28, 2011
(What is Flux Sunday?)Our last Flux Sunday before we leave on our 6th annual retreat was our biggest yet, and it's a shame to end that the momentum just as it was getting going (and yet, we'…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 06:27PMWednesday, July 27, 2011
(Photo by Ali Seed. Pictured: Bushra al-Maqtari)By August SchulenburgAs I write this blog post over my lunch break in the comfort of my office, Fatima Sale tweets from Yemen:@tota770: #Break…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 02:53PM“We were looking for a place to talk about issues that we knew to be important, to show the complicated nature of African-American life, and to see our grandmothers and grandfathers on sta…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:22PMMonday, July 25, 2011
By August SchulenburgAfter h/ting through Isaac to David Dower's heartfelt post on the New Play Blog (I'll wait for you to read them), I finally got around to writing a post I've been meanin…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 08:24AMFriday, July 22, 2011
By August SchulenburgIt's Indie Theatre Week, the undisputable hinge upon which the whole year swings. The goals? To promote the Indie Theatre community and celebrate the work being done. So…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 01:29PMWednesday, July 20, 2011
Leading up to our 2011 National Conference, we hosted a number of thoughtful essays imagining the future of theatre,These posts ranged from What If Disaster Relief Included An Arts Component…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:47AMBy August Schulenburg(What is Flux Sunday?)Our second Flux after the end of Ajax in Iraq was a roll-up-your-sleeves kind of day. We took on a ton of pages from Perse, reaching the climax of …
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 08:05AMTuesday, July 19, 2011
By August SchulenburgIn my interesting comment dialogue with Randy yesterday, I touched on a feeling that I've been wanting to blog about for awhile. There are two fantasies regarding theatr…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 09:33AMMonday, July 18, 2011
From time to time, some degree of a moratorium on the plays of Shakespeare is considered. After seeing Much Ado About Nothing at Boomerang (a solid production that reminded me of what a prof…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 09:46AMFriday, July 15, 2011
By August SchulenburgAn odd thing occurred to me several days ago. I had my Tweetdeck open, and was following a number of hashtags, including #MarriageEquality, #Iraq, #Afghanistan and #Wome…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 07:33AMThursday, July 14, 2011
“The universe is made of stories, not atoms” – Muriel Rukeyser All of us at TCG are thrilled today to launch I AM THEATRE, a video campaign that spotlights the stories of …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:19PMWednesday, July 13, 2011
By August Schulenburg"You must enter the theatre through the world."-Joe PappThis quote, shared by Todd London at the 2011 TCG Conference (and tweeted by me), has continued to stic…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 03:43PMMonday, July 11, 2011
By August Schulenburg(What is Flux Sunday?)We're back! After an Ajax in Iraq sized hiatus, we returned to the friendly confines of Judson Memorial Church for some Flux Sunday action. It was …
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 07:52PMTuesday, July 5, 2011
(Photo: Anna Lamadrid. Pictured: Jelena Stupljanin, Jason Howard)New World Iliads was an interesting ForePlay series for Flux. On the one hand, our benefit that kicked off the series was wel…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 06:46PM 
