Luminescent Blues is a fun, tragicomedy about the Internet generation. Set in three neighboring Manhattan apartments, it's many characters include; a woman who writes homoerotic Harry Potter fan fiction, a young man who creates stop motion Star Wars action figure porn, and a drummer who's character in World of Warcraft is about to get married. Incorporating video, live music, and computer projections throughout the piece, Luminescent Blues explores our ever-changing relationship with the internet and each other. Also there's a big musical number! (^o^) ~!
Luminescent Blues will run August 25 - September 4, 2011 as part of the Dream Up Festival at Theatre for the New City (155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, NY) Tickets ($12) may be purchased at www.dreamupfestival.org.Leon Pease (Playwright/Producer) Leon Pease is an emerging playwright, as well as the founder and artistic director of Theatre in a VAN! His writing credits with Theatre in a VAN! include, The Big Spill: A 10-Minute Musical about the BP Oil Spill, Gilgord, King of the Moontopians, The Subatomic Solution: A 10-Minute Musical Solution to the Conflict in the Middle East, and a new adaption of Bertolt Brecht's The Elephant Calf. This last February he premiered and stared in his new 10-minute adaptation of The Tempest, for a projected called Shakespeare in the Shower. Leon has also co-written for projects with the Glass Bandits Theatre Company, which include In Memoriam: A Recession Play in 13 Acts, Hecuba the Bitch of Cynossema and The Best Laid Plans of Seamen.Videos