My play 'Dogs of the Blue Gods' is getting a reading at 8pm TONIGHT (May 6th)
@ The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St. New York, New York 10002
kind of short notice though, darn it..
still, its happening, for any folks in forum, in the area - who'd be interested in seeing a reading of this one-act play. Runs about 40-50 minutes max, depending on how they read it..
to cut n paste from my own totally self-serving description of the piece:
The story takes place in a police dog training facility. The characters themselves are dogs - played by actors padding around on all fours, quite naturally. The story unfolds as we discover the quiet group dynamics of a bunch of very jaundiced, somewhat depressed dogs, beginning to wonder what their purpose is in life.
Rex is a new arrival in the facility - a domestic street dog - with very alien idea's to the more militarized thinking of the pack. His arrival brings out the long simmering and unacknowledged tensions in the kennel.
The warring concepts of Pacifism versus Patriotism are played out - but on a 'dog' level.
The award-winning piece has been performed in the US, and South Africa, both by adults, and by school children - in a variety of different
professional and amateur theatrical stagings, winning various awards.
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(If your only experience of South African anti-apartheid theatre, is the
Athol Fugard approach of angst and kitchen-sink drama - this piece comes
from an entirely different approach..)
@ The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton St. New York, New York 10002
kind of short notice though, darn it..
still, its happening, for any folks in forum, in the area - who'd be interested in seeing a reading of this one-act play. Runs about 40-50 minutes max, depending on how they read it..
to cut n paste from my own totally self-serving description of the piece:
The story takes place in a police dog training facility. The characters themselves are dogs - played by actors padding around on all fours, quite naturally. The story unfolds as we discover the quiet group dynamics of a bunch of very jaundiced, somewhat depressed dogs, beginning to wonder what their purpose is in life.
Rex is a new arrival in the facility - a domestic street dog - with very alien idea's to the more militarized thinking of the pack. His arrival brings out the long simmering and unacknowledged tensions in the kennel.
The warring concepts of Pacifism versus Patriotism are played out - but on a 'dog' level.
The award-winning piece has been performed in the US, and South Africa, both by adults, and by school children - in a variety of different
professional and amateur theatrical stagings, winning various awards.
===============
(If your only experience of South African anti-apartheid theatre, is the
Athol Fugard approach of angst and kitchen-sink drama - this piece comes
from an entirely different approach..)
