Emancipatory Politics: A Romantic Tragedy flings a large ensemble into a traumatic struggle to create an opening for sprawling thought and intimate embraces. Committed to the comedy of desire, the physicality of loss, and the potential for new spaces, this total-theater, contemporary ecstasy rejects the notion that ours is a post-ideological/post-historical age devoid of generative aesthetic vision and expansive social purpose; confronts the cruel ironies and certain failures of this world; and searches for the inextinguishable kernel of the radical-possible.
EP: ART takes its cue from contemporary philosophical tracts, recent movements in leftist politics, and the very real search for meaning surfacing in the lives of 20 and 30-something contemporary New Yorkers. The flow of the piece is collage-like, but relationships run through it throughout. Its form is open and sprawling but energy is focused on the creation of a movement forward, connectivity, and a sense of journey. Amid the societal struggle comes the romantic tragedy. Amid the struggle love emerges.The Incubator Arts Project grew out of the Incubator, a project of the Ontological-Hysteric Theater. In 2010, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater announced that it would leave its permanent home, St. Mark's Church, and that the Incubator would take over the space and operate year-round.
Beginning in 1993, the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, in addition to its primary support of the work of Richard Foreman, opened its doors to emerging, independent artists. Since 1993 the emerging artists program at the Ontological took many forms, including the Obie-winning Blueprint Series for emerging directors. In 2005, the OHT reorganized the programs under the name INCUBATOR, creating a series of linked programs to provide young theater artists with resources and support to develop process-oriented, original theatrical productions. By 2010, the program had quadrupled in size, involving a range of artists and increased support. The programs included the centerpiece Residency program for premieres, two annual music festivals, a regular concert series, a serial work-in-progress program called Short Form, and roundtables and salons aimed at keeping Incubator artists involved year-round. In May, 2010, the Incubator received an OBIE grant.Videos