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Thursday, July 19, 2007

The Wikipedia Plays Will Be Seen at the Ars Nova in August

Playbill News: "The Wikipedia Plays is the title of a mini-marathon of short plays that will be presented at the Ars Nova Aug. 3-6 at 7 PM.

The plays, according to press notes, 'surf the wikipedia wave through seventeen related entries.' The works were written by members of the Play Group, a mix of up-n-coming writers who gather twice a month at the Ars Nova to share their work."

2 comments:

I said...

An encyclopedia entry is a shaky subject for a play, this seems more like a publicity stunt/homage to wikipedia than an inspired creative idea.

Ethan Weil said...

I don't know if you are a contributor on wikipedia, but it seems to me like the lifespan of an entry there is very dynamic and organic. I think there is plenty of conflict and character built into the editing process for a fine play. Also, I'm not quite sure why wikipedia would need a publicity stunt; I'm not sure who would benefit.