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“Aisling Arts' Force trilogy is the best
new American play of the season so far; I haven't been this caught up in or
affected by a piece of theatre since Angels in
America.” (Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com Click here to listen to the NYTHEATRE.COM Podcast about
FORCE Hosted by Robin Reed.)
Force
Cast, 2007 (l-r first row): Patrick O’Connor,
Natalie Pero, Aaron Mathias, Christiane Amorosia, Sarah Stephens, Clare
McCarthy, Claire Byrne, Bernard Smith, Angela Sommerfeld, Liza Pross, Bradley
Wells. (l-r roof): Berto Colon, Shawn Mahoney,
Randall Harmon. (R. Patrick Alberty,
Melissa Menzie not pictured) (Design by Wendy Remington. Photo by
Adam Courtney.) FORCE
has now closed. Thank you to everyone who so generously supported our work.
We has an amazing time and hope you all did too.
We’re taking a few months off to celebrate the arrival of Wendy & Micah’s
daughter, Samirah Rose, who was born exactly one week after we closed
(2/24/07) and Bryn & Sam’s wedding (5/26/07). We promise more theater and
a few exciting format explorations in 2008. In the meantime, thank you thank
you thank you. (Aisling Arts, March 2007) Force is one play in
three movements: Wanderlust, Threshold, and Convergence. The
three individual plays
were presented to be seen independently or in succession. Told
on an epic scale through dreams, travel, memories and magic realism, Force
dissects the idea that man is as capable as nature of creating stupendous
beauty and awesome destruction. The trilogy juxtaposes quiet details,
breakable moments and subtle miracles with the fury of warfare and weather
systems through a rapid succession of inter-related, profoundly intimate
stories. In a world of tornadoes and terrorism, volcanoes
and vanishings, memories and the mundane, Force asks us who
will we be when faced with all we cannot control? Force is Aisling Arts first foray into large scale
story-telling. We have developed the
plays for three years. The final product is one we believe to be timely,
relevant, exhilarating theater full of ideas and curiosity. Though you can see the plays piecemeal,
they are intended to be seen in their entirety as a full day experience beginning at 2PM
on Saturdays (Wanderlust 2PM, Threshold 4:30PM, Dinner break at 6PM,
Convergence 8PM) January 27, February 3, February 10 and February 17th
and Sunday, January 28th.
Please join us for this thrilling theatrical event! |
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Actors who have contributed to the development of Force prior to our
2007 cast:
DEVELOPMENT CHRONOLOGY Wanderlust Written 2004 Performances: The
Undercroft ( Medicine Show Theater ( Workshops: QVille ( Queens Theater in the Park ( Threshold Written 2004-2007 Workshops: The Undercroft ( The Undercroft (
White Oak
Manhattan Theater Source ( Performaces: The Chocolate Factory,
January-February 2007) Convergence Written 2006-2007 Workshop: Performaces: The Chocolate Factory, January-February
2007) Timeline May, 2003 Wandering
is written as part of the Play in a Day Festival at UMass Amherst February, 2004 Wanderlust script
is completed May, 2004 Wanderlust
workshop production performed in October, 2004 After several weeks of ensemble work, a workshop
production of Threshold is
performed in October , 2004 Select scenes from Wanderlust
are performed at Qville’s benefit at the Flux Factory November, 2004 Wanderlust performed
at the Medicine Show in February, 2005 A revised version of Wandering
is performed at Queens Theatre in the Park as part of Stepping Out Queens March, 2005 Work/Dream
workshops commence in April, 2005 Work/Dream
(an evening of meditations on dreams) is performed along with select scenes
from a revised version of Threshold July , 2005 Bryn Manion revises Threshold and begins Convergence during a fellowship at the White
Oak Plantation in conjunction with the Field in July, 2005 Wandering
is performed at the September, 2005 A revised version of Threshold is performed at Manhattan Theatre Source as part of
their Flopnight Series October, 2005 Threshold
receives one more complete script revision February, 2006 Convergence
script is complete March, 2006 Convergence
begins rehearsals at the April, 2006 Convergence debuts
and is reviewed in nytheater.com May 2006 The Force trilogy is chosen as part of the
Chocolate Factory Theater’s Visiting Artist program for Winter 2007 June 2006 Convergence is chosen for publication in the New
York Theater Experience’s Plays and
Playwrights 2007 October 2006 Rehearsals begin for Force at the |
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