B.S. Productions and Theatre for the New City Presents Luminescent Blues
By: Gabrielle Sierra
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. Leon is has just finished helping to produce and write music for Theatre in a VAN!'s latest project Mrs.Perfect And the Visit of Unexpected Evil! written by Crystal Skillman, which will premiered at The Brick Theatre's Comic Book Festival in June. Leon holds a BFA in Theatre Arts and Film from the conservatory at SUNY Purchase and gradated from the Baltimore High School for the Performing Arts with a concentration in acting.Sarah Victoria Semlear (Director) Sarah Victoria Semlear is a theatre and experimental video director who has worked extensively with Theatre in a VAN!. Her directorial credits with Theatre in a VAN! include The Big Spill: A 10-Minute Musical about the BP Oil Spill and The Subatomic Solution: A 10-Minute Musical Solution to the Conflict in the Middle East. She has also directed and created video promotions for The Vigil or the Guided Cradle, and HACK! An I.T. Spaghetti Western both by Crystal Skillman. Other video/theatre cross over project include her work on Hecuba the Bitch of Cynossema with Glass Bandits Theatre Company, Friend Me: A Night of Short Performances about Technology and the Internet and Bottoms Up! A Night of Drinking Game Plays. Sarah currently works as an editor and encoder for both The Daily Show and the Colbert Report, at Comedy Central. She holds a BFA in Theatre Arts and Film from the conservatory at SUNY Purchase.www.luminscentblues.com
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