He also wants to borrow their bedroom as a performance space for his site-specific work “Nobody's Home.” The piece is touring the country one bedroom at a time.
Saturday, April 05, 2014
'Nobody's Home' is a bedroom drama that plays out ... in bedrooms
He also wants to borrow their bedroom as a performance space for his site-specific work “Nobody's Home.” The piece is touring the country one bedroom at a time.
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3) This is a sweet concept! I’m sad I missed it in Pittsburgh. (Darned Rube…) But this is a seriously awesome approach to theater. I love that they have to use public transportation to get around—a great example of how limitations force artists to take a more creative approach. More and more do I find myself attracted to small scale, experimental theater like this production rather than huge Broadway or other big-budget shows. There is so much room for creativity, and productions can explore, experiment with, and incorporate new aspects of art and design that may not feel naturally cohesive on a stage because they do not need to appeal to an audience of thousands of very different people. I would love to see this show is it comes around again and talk to the makers. I’m sure they’d provide some great insight for creating performance art in non-traditional settings.
This is an awesome idea! It reminds me of Fefu and Her Friends, a play we just read in Foundations, that is set in 5 different rooms of a house and four groups of audience members rotate through 4 rooms. I believe with only one bedroom it would be hard to make a lot of money but you also would greatly reduce your costs by reducing technical and rental costs. It is really cool they're using public transportation and that it is so easy to have that great intimate and exciting "full house" feeling.
This sounds like a very interesting concept.
It's really cool that each time the show is performed there would be something distinctly unique about it due to the personalities of the bedrooms it was in. I imagine it would definitely be a very intimate experience, but at the same time I would have some of the same concerns that Michael brought up. Not only would revenue be an issue, as he noted, but also I wonder how the creators prevent the room from feeling too crowded or claustrophobic, and how they determine how much is enough room for both actors and audience.
Wow, this is really cool. Interesting new way of communicating to an audience, with a new type of setting. It seems like it would be cheap for productions, then again not as many people can see the show. I don't know if I'd want a show going on in my room. Such a small space, 12 by 12. This is a great innovative new type of theatre that will spread through time.
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