This summer, the Massachusetts new play community got a boost when Polly Carl, David Dower, and staff from the American Voices New Play Institute relocated to a new homebase at Emerson College, where they launched the Center for the Theater Commons (learn more about the group at an introductory event in Boston, 9/17, 7:00 PM) The organization's focus is international … [Read more...]
Jason Grote’s 1001 Tonight at C1
1001, Jason Grote's theatrical reinvention of The Arabian Nights, opens tonight in Boston, in a production by the adventurous Company One. Mr. Grote, who has family ties to Massachusetts, is a Brooklyn-based playwright/screenwriter and a past reviewer for our Artist Fellowships. Intrigued by the writer and his new production in Boston, we poked our nose into his business … [Read more...]
New Play Country
In Boston, there's a bold expedition into the wilds of new theatre. Company One, already a frequent producer of new works, has announced a fresh initiative: the C1 Lab. It's a program for the creation of collaboratively developed "original, must-see theatrical events." The troupe has a history of collaboratively-developed work, including The Emancipation of Mandy and Miz … [Read more...]
Sept. 20 Artist Fellowships Deadline Fast Approaching!
Composers, dramatic writers, and sculpture/installation artists: the deadline to apply for a 2011 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition, Playwriting, or Sculpture/Installation is this Monday, September 20, 2010 (this is a postmark deadline for mailed materials). In other words: there's still time! Read full program guidelines and apply - pronto, ASAP, and post haste. The … [Read more...]
Local Artists Re-Imagine Grimm
This weekend, Company One Theatre will premiere GRIMM at the Calderwood Pavilion of the Boston Center for the Arts. GRIMM is a collection of short plays by an intriguing group of local playwrights, each re-imagining a classic GRIMM fairy tale. Exciting local playwrights. Re-imagined GRIMM. To my mind, this is precisely what whoever coined the phrase "match made in heaven" … [Read more...]