What We're Seeing: Grounded

George Brant, a friend of Fault Line Theatre from back in our graduate school days at Trinity Rep, will be having his new play Grounded produced by Page 73 Productions here in New York City. This play premiered across the pond in the UK and was named one of the top 10 plays in London for 2013 by both The Guardian and the London Evening Standard. We can’t wait to see it’s New York premier!  There’s not too much time left, so get your tickets now!

January 8 – February 1, 2014.
WALKERSPACE
46 Walker St.
New York, NY 10013
A/C/E, N/R/Q, 6 to Canal Street or 1 to Franklin Street

A LITTLE ABOUT THE PLAY

In George Brant’s Grounded, an unexpected pregnancy ends an ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer outside Las Vegas, she hunts terrorists by day and returns to her family each night. As the pressure to track a high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols half a world away.

CAST:

• Hannah Cabell

PRODUCTION TEAM:

• Playwright - George Brant
• Director - Ken Rus Schmoll

Best of 2013 - John's Music Picks for 2013

Last week, co-artistic director Aaron Rossini gave us his list of the top 5 films this year for the first in our Best of 2013 blog series.

It’s sometimes easy to forget with all the fervor of the Academy Awards, but the Grammy Awards are next week. So, to prep everyone for a week of celebrating music, he’s a list of my 5 favorite albums of 2013. NOTE: Some of the recommended track links my be NSFW due to language.

1. Volcano Choir – Repave

This is a weird one.  This is Justin Vernon of Bon Iver’s side project. A number of years ago they released a super strange experimental album, but this year’s sophomore effort incorporated the weirdness of their first album with Bon Iver’s emotional folk.  The result is a perfect album that ebbs and flows dynamically and emotionally. Recommended track: Alaskans.

2. James Blake – Retrograde

This album is such a perfect blend of electronic and organic sounds.  He writes ballads hidden beneath dubstep hidden beneath minimalism. Recommended track: Overgrown.

3. The National – Trouble Will Find Me

Nothing makes me feel New York City more than The National.  This album is best listened to late at night on the subway. Recommended track: I Need My Girl.

4. Phosphorescent – Muchacho

Genre is difficult for me. I suppose you could call this a singer-songwriter album, but then again, it sounds an awful lot like rock or indie or folk to my ears. I think that’s what’s so exciting about Phosphorescent as a whole. It’s the sort of album where I think I know which song is my favorite… and then the next song starts to play. Recommended track: Song for Zula.

5. Kanye West – Yeezus

As I write this, I can almost hear my mother and my girlfriend shaking their heads at me. But for my money this album sounds like Nine Inch Nails delved into hip-hop.  Which is fine by me. Recommended track: I Am A God.

BONUS: Childish Gambino – Because The Internet

This is my second favorite hip-hop album this year. It’s riddled with quirky samples, glitchy beats, and interesting song structures. Donald Glover incorporates his humor and cleverness into his strange off-kilter delivery and rhyming schemes. Though there are some tracks that fall a little flat, it’s one of the few hip-hop albums I’ve heard that sounds like an album and is best listened straight through. Recommended track: I, crawl.

BONUS: Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

I’ll be up front about this: “Get Lucky” was probably my favorite song of the year. I’m fully on board with pop music moving in the direction of 70′s disco, which seems to be the mission statement of this album. Recommend track (that isn’t ‘Get Luck’): Doin’ It Right.

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The Faire Rehearsals Begin

Today is the first day of rehearsals for Fault Line Theatre’s opening play of 2014: The Faire!

The cast and crew are all here for the first read-through and designer presentations.  The first rehearsal is always this magical moment where all the conceptual ideas we’ve been discussing for months become very real, very quickly.  The characters are no longer words on a page, they are people in a room.

Check out our Facebook page and Twitter account for regular photos and updates from inside the rehearsal room by our lovely intern Jason.

Lastly, this is the LAST WEEK to support The Faire through our IndieGoGo campaign!  If you haven’t already, please consider donating to help make this World Premiere possible!

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What We're Seeing: Yentl

Fault Line Theatre Artistic Associate Michael Perlman has been off in Ohio directing a production of Yentl with The Cleveland Playhouse.  The production stars, friend of Fault Line Theatre, Rebecca Gibel (Frogs) as the title character along with a strong cast of 16 other actors. If you find yourself in Cleveland, this is a must-see!

January 10 – February 2, 2014.
Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square
1407 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115

A LITTLE ABOUT THE PLAY

A young woman defies convention and the laws of her people to fulfill her dream. Disguised as a young man, she becomes a brilliant student — and the most wanted bachelor in town. Yentl is a startlingly modern love story, and a smart, witty comedy that will win your heart.

Yentl contains mature themes and nudity.

CAST:

• Ben Mehl
• Bernard Bygott
• Bob Abelman
• Bonnie Black
• Christa Meyers
• Donald Carrier
• Dorothy Silver
• Drew Derek
• Marc Moritz
• Mitch Greenberg
• Rebecca Gibel
• Samuel Cohen
• Sarah Kinsey
• Stephen Michael Spencer
• Suzanne Grodner
• Therese Anderberg
• TJ Gainley

PRODUCTION TEAM:

• Director - Michael Perlman
• Playwright (1902-1991) - Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Playwright – Leah Napolin
• Scenic Designer – Robin Vest
• Costume Designer – Jenny Mannis
• Lighting Designer – Burke Brown
• Composer/Sound Designer – Elisheba Ittoop

Season Subscription Now Available

For the first time in our young history, Fault Line Theatre is offering a season subscription! For $74 you can purchase tickets to both The Faire AND Breathing Time.  That’s not only saving you $14, but also guarantees you seats to the world premiere production of Beau Willimon’s Breathing Time, well in advance of individual tickets sales.

We’re so excited to dive into our 2014 season and we hope you’ll join us for what we’re sure will be an exhilarating ride!

PURCHASE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW!

Best of 2013 - Aaron's Top Films of the Year

It’s Awards Season! Congratulations to Breathing Time author Beau Willimon. His show House of Cards has received 4 Golden Globe nominations, including Best TV Series, Drama!

This is such a fun time of year with so much great film and television to watch.  We’d like to help you sift through all the noise with our “Best of 2013″ series of blog posts. We’ll take you right through to the Academy Awards in March with lists and predictions by members of Fault Line Theatre.

To start things off, co-artistic director of Fault Line Theatre (and film connoisseur) Aaron Rossini has filtered down his encyclopedic knowledge of film into a list of his top 5 favorite films this year.  How many have you seen? Get in touch with us on Facebook and let us know your favorites.

1. Inside Llewyn Davis
2. Nebraska
3. Upstream Color
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. A Hijacking

Honorable Mentions: Gravity & Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Crystal Finn is the Best in Cleveland

We’re so proud of Crystal Finn, writer of Fault Line Theatre’s first show this season, The Faire: Her play Becoming Liv Ullmann was voted one of the 10 best shows in Cleveland for 2013.  In her own words:

Becoming Liv Ullmann is a comedy about love, delusion and Ingmar Bergman written and performed by Crystal Finn. It was developed at the Emerging Artists Theater New Work Series in 2012 and produced later that year at the New York International Fringe Festival. Cleveland Play House  showcased the play as a part of their New Ground Theatre Festival in May, 2013.

In related news, tickets are now on sale for our world premier production of her aforementioned, latest play, The Faire.

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year from Fault Line Theatre! 2013 has been quite the year for us and we’re thrilled for what 2014 has in store.  We hope you have a moment to reflect on the last year and, of course, celebrate the coming of the next year with your nearest and dearest.

AND REMEMBER: Today is the last day to reserve your half-off tickets for THE FAIRE! Use the promo code FLTPRE to reserve your pre-sale tickets today!

Pre-Sale for The Faire

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM FAULT LINE THEATRE!

To thank you for your continued support, please enjoy this
Secret Santa Pre-Sale Discount:

50% OFF TICKETS TO OUR FIRST SHOW OF THE SEASON

The Faire
by Crystal Finn
4th Street Theatre
February 7 - March 2, 2014

Use promo code FLTPRE before January 1, 2014 to purchase your half-priced tickets.*

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year!
Craig, Aaron, Matt, John, and everyone at Fault Line Theatre
P.S. See you at the 4th Street Theatre in 2014!

*Limit four (4) tickets per person.

Merry Christmas!

For many of us, Christmas is a time for tradition.  Whether that means attending church, eating a big meal with the family, or watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special, many of us look forward to these traditions year round.  One of our favourite traditions here at Fault Line Theatre is the annual productions of A Christmas Carol that hundreds of regional theatres stage across the country.  Many friends of Fault Line Theatre are themselves involved with these productions each year.  Here are a few thoughts they shared with me about why they think A Christmas Carol is such a well loved and important show each year.

“I think A Christmas Carol is great for audiences because they are able to get together with their families and share this story. We have people that came as children come back with their children. It’s a lovely tradition (this is the 34th year). Being a part of the play is great for me because after 8 years this cast and crew are extended family. I get to spend my holidays with them again and again.”

- Brooke Redler (Stage Manager of The Faire & From White Plains) is currently stage managing A Christmas Carol at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

“One of my favorite memories growing up was the annual school field trip to see A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA.  I think that, in whatever community it’s produced, A Christmas Carol can become a powerful seasonal tradition, bringing us all together in one room, year after year, to remind us how important we all are to one other, and how goodwill leads to greater happiness for the whole.”

- Tristan Jeffers (Co-Founder of Fault Line Theatre)

“Playing Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol was my first professional job out of graduate school. It’s a universal story of love for our fellow man that we all can relate to and was a privilege to perform 8 times a weeks… Also, I got to fly, and that was pretty awesome!”

- Matt Clevy (Communications Director of Fault Line Theatre) performed as Jacob Marley at Trinity Rep’s production of A Christmas Carol in 2010.

“A Christmas Carol is woven into the fabric of this holiday in an indispensable way. In a time of year that can be stressful and exhausting and perhaps show us the worst sides of ourselves, A Christmas Carol reminds us that any person, no matter how awful they seem, may find redemption. The story is set at Christmas but is essentially secular and not limited to a particular faith: it simply stresses that love, generosity and taking responsibility for one’s community are the characteristics that make for a better life. People come back year after year to be a part of this story. There is something wonderful about an audience that knows every line, every bit, every joke. Far from being bored by the ‘same old thing’, everyone is participant in a community tradition, a shared experience, exactly what the theatre is supposed to be.”

- Craig Wesley Divino (Co-Founder of Fault Line Theatre) has played Nephew Fred in productions of A Christmas Carol at both Trinity Rep and at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where he is currently a part of their 23rd annual production.  In total, Craig has played the Role of Nephew Fred for a total of 175 shows!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL OF US AT FAULT LINE THEATRE!