Post by Dane is the man on Oct 4, 2006 15:42:03 GMT -5
From the Not Rocking It is Never an Option Theater Group: We just wanted to drop in a quick thread about the play for everyone's general knowledge. It's called "Fishing," and was written by Michael Weller, an acclaimed playwright and screenwriter of the 1960's and 1970's. It is real and it is funky and it is good. Plus, it features peyote, guns, frisbees, a lighthouse, naughty words, and six creative people just like you who are trying to pull this great big project together. We've been working hard and having a great time with it, and hopefully that will translate during the performance.
About Fishing, from Frank Rich of the New York Times -- "This is a transitional play, about 60's children who are themselves in transition: The characters are turning 30, and their lives are on the brink of confusing change. It's not empty poetry that much of the second act takes place, quite literally, in a fog.
It's hard to think of a writer who knows this generation better than Mr. Weller. In his best plays - and in his fine screenplay for the film version of ''Hair'' - he summons up the full drama of young people who were cast adrift in a crazy decade and keep trying to find their way home again."
Keep in mind that only .2% of the U.S. population has ever even seen a play, so think of this weekend's performances at Chuck's Farm as an invitation to one of the most reclusive secret societies in the nation. (Plus, we are nicer and prettier than most Freemasons. Well, most of us. Okay, at least two.) We are dress rehearsing Friday afternoon for you early birds, and will be performing early Saturday, plus a possible late show on Sunday. So, please come and join us. You will not regret it.
About Fishing, from Frank Rich of the New York Times -- "This is a transitional play, about 60's children who are themselves in transition: The characters are turning 30, and their lives are on the brink of confusing change. It's not empty poetry that much of the second act takes place, quite literally, in a fog.
It's hard to think of a writer who knows this generation better than Mr. Weller. In his best plays - and in his fine screenplay for the film version of ''Hair'' - he summons up the full drama of young people who were cast adrift in a crazy decade and keep trying to find their way home again."
Keep in mind that only .2% of the U.S. population has ever even seen a play, so think of this weekend's performances at Chuck's Farm as an invitation to one of the most reclusive secret societies in the nation. (Plus, we are nicer and prettier than most Freemasons. Well, most of us. Okay, at least two.) We are dress rehearsing Friday afternoon for you early birds, and will be performing early Saturday, plus a possible late show on Sunday. So, please come and join us. You will not regret it.