Tableau IV (Nathalie Brilliant as The Girl: Florentina Mocanu-Schendel as Little Old Man) HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY from all us at Collected Works. Our Balcony at The Old Mint contains multiple examples of how to sustain long term healthy and supportive relationships that are sure to impress your sweety….
Praxis
from How to Play The Balcony by Jean Genet
In London, at the Arts Theatre – I saw it – The Balcony was badly staged. It was also bad in New York, Berlin, and in Paris. At least that’s what I was told. In London, the director had had the intention of destroying the one and only British monarchy, above all the Queen, and, with the…
Sneak Peak of The Balcony at The Old Mint
Thomas Hardy, Architectural Masks
There is a house with ivied walls, And mullioned windows worn and old, And the long dwellers in those halls Have souls that know but sordid calls, And dote on gold. II In a blazing brick and plated show Not far away a ‘villa’ gleams, And here a family few may know, With book and…
John Cage’s 10 Rules
Whether one calls oneself conservative or revolutionary, whether one composes in a conventional or progressive manner, whether one tries to imitate old styles or is destined to express new ideas—whether one is a good composer or not—one must be convinced of the infallibility of one’s own fantasy and one must believe in one’s own inspiration….
Etiquette Cabaret
Upcoming Performances
Summer finally died, and we’re ready to shut out the cold and continue our performance salon series. I’d like you to save the following dates: Sat Nov. 9th, and Sat., Dec. 7th. Nov. 9th, we’ll be continuing our regular salon series. We have a great roster of performers and filmmakers so far, but I want…
Cabaret Workshop
Ivona #1
Ivona Rehearsal
Ivona Rehearsal
Rehearsal 10.06
We had our first rehearsal with Brian, Ryan, and Tonyanna together yesterday, exploring relationship dynamics on and around the sofa… The idea of the sofa is becoming more and more central to our staging concepts — a sofa that will grow and change over the course of the play, becoming a more absurd version of…