Posts Tagged ‘Mary Birnbaum’

What I Learned At School

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Hey gang -

We made it back, safe and sound, from the land of Harvard.  It was admittedly touch-and-go when Drew forgot his keys and Nick insisted we stop by a stretch of farmland “just to see” if there were any alpacas… but we made it back.  It was a heck of a week and I, for one, can’t believe it’s over!

But wait! There’s still something more!

The wonderful Sheema Golbaba, a student videographer with the Office for the Arts at Harvard, was kind enough to stop by and film the second performance on Friday night.  She also interviewed one of our audience members and our dear Artistic Director, then edited it all together into this video here:

Harvard Video

Many thanks to Tom Lee, to Melissa Sim, to all of our wonderful hosts for the week, and to everyone who stopped by the workshop or came out to the performances - we hope to see you all again very soon.

Until then,
Good meeting, everyone.

—db

Harvard Style

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Hey there.

Want to see what we’ve been doing?  I thought you might.  So here are some pictures from the first three days of our Harvard Residency 2011.  Time is flying by… only two days left and so much to do!  So enjoy the pictures - we’re late for class.

— db

PS: the 7pm performance of MEETING, IMPORTANT is sold out.  I told you those tickets would go fast.

our space!

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working through the show

the gang

art.party.goes.to.college

Monday, October 17th, 2011

Hello, dear readers!

We’re sitting here in the Adams ArtsSpace at Harvard.  Yep.  You heard me correctly: we’re spending the week at Harvard!

So, here we are, eating dining hall food and sleeping on couches.  Sounds just like school, doesn’t it?  Except this time, we’re the ones teaching.  After some healthy consideration last night, we decided that instead of creating something brand new with students, everyone would be best served by working on an existing text - and so we’re happy to announce that Meeting, Important is going to have a special workshop performance in Cambridge on Friday!  This is rare experience for a number of reasons:

1) We’re doing a show in Boston!  The last time that happened, Mary was just coming to love the writing.style.with.periods.  The last time that happened, nobody knew what an iPad was.  The last time that happened, Hillary Clinton was probably going to be the next President of the United States.  Yikes!

2) We’re so thrilled to have a number of talented Harvard students working with us on this production - these guys are the true stars of tomorrow, so you’ll get to see them here first.

3) Nick Delany.  Always.

4) more work-in-progress evidence of how art.party operates.  you loved our New York workshop - well, this is going to be a different show than the one you saw in New York.  It’s the beauty of developing a show and you can watch it unfold before your eyes.

SO:
if you want to join us on Friday at 7pm or 9pm, email artpartytheatercompany@gmail.com and reserve a space.  These things are going to go fast and they’re most certainly limited, so act now to avoid disappointment.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I hear the dining hall has chicken tenders for lunch.

—db