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THE TALKING BAND'S "MARCELLUS SHALE"

THE TALKING BAND'S "MARCELLUS SHALE"

The Talking Band in Marcellus Shale

The Talking Band, one of NYC's longest-running and most adventurous indie companies, returns with their newest music-theater work, Marcellus Shale, at La MaMa beginning on May 24. This timely play is set a few years in the future and deals with the effects of fracking on a small town, environmentally and politically. Read playwright Paul Zimet's preview Q&A interview about the show. And learn more about Paul on Indie Theater Now.

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Delicious+Rivers DELICIOUS RIVERS by Ellen Maddow
Set in a New York City post office, this funny and moving music-theatre work explores the pleasure of deductive reasoning, the solution of a mystery, the link between order and the unexpected, and the delight in discovery of pattern and meaning.

White+Baby%2c+Entree+%26+Chocolate+Chip+Fridays WHITE BABY, ENTREE & CHOCOLATE CHIP FRIDAYS by David Lee White
Three, three-character comedies about having babies, hiring crazy people and have allergic reactions to shellfish.

Southern+Gothic+Novel%3a+The+Aberdeen%2c+Mississippi+Sex-Slave+Incident SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL: THE ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI SEX-SLAVE INCIDENT by Frank Blocker
A solo play about a fictional book that feels like a movie: Viola Haygood chases her newest unavailable love amid town panic, disappearing young women and an FBI investigation.

Eden EDEN by Marina Shron
Two performers - one amateur, one professional - are living/performing their unscripted love story in a storefront window.

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Retro Productions Presents a Day in the Death of Joe Egg: A conversation with members of the cast of Retro Productions presentation of "A Day in the death of Joe Egg". Meet Heather Cunningham, artistic director of the company, who will play a leading role in the show and two of her co-stars Matthew Trumbull and Greg Oliver Bodine. The play, its process and why it was chosen are aome of the topics discussed. Also we hear a bit from Matthew and Greg about their work as playwrights. Both are published on Indie Theater Now.

Buran Theatre: Adam R. Burnett and Jud Knudsen: Adam R. Burnett and Jud Knudsen discuss their unique method of touring a show across the country. "NIGHTMARES: a demonstration of the sublime" premiered at the Brick Theater in Brooklyn. This summer it will play in four cities, where it will be re-cast and re-conceived each time. Adam and Jud explain their method and the reasoning behind it. Fascinating and a possible model for other companies.

Alondra Was Here - Chisa Hutchinson: Playwright Chisa Hutchinson talks about her newest work, ALONDRA WAS HERE playing in NYC, May 2013. Chisa tells us about her background and her thoughts about play development and the importance of creating roles for women of color.

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