April 05, 2006
Dances
Ric Royer
Do…
The Move
Feet trod upon heated plowshares.
Dance motherfucker.
The Hoody
Put a bag over your head.
Use the bag as an agent of release,
not as punishment or imprisonment.
Perform random gestures of freedom.
The Libido
Break things and laugh
marvelously while doing it.
The Spaz
Paroxysms of death transformed
into choreographic display.
Posted by Rock Heals at 12:00 AM
Adventures of A Ten Minute Play
Ric Royer
Prologue
Have slicked back hair.
The Lovers Meet
Fleur Immortelle and the Foxy Daughter.
The question will always be asked: what was that inside of her?
The answer will always follow: I think jelly.
Tragedy Occurs in Real Time
The protagonist puts on sweater after sweater
until unable to move.
“Allow yourself to be smitten by the delicacy of a fabric.
Why complain only to fall prey to pain or pleasure?”
Death, Trump and Drum!
The Comedic Resurrection
The new brain doesn’t fit inside his or her old head.
But the hero is paraded around the stage and streets
regardless and without
regard.
The Lovers Find Some Time to Hang Out
Orbs in silhouette.
Fela Kuti.
The Audience Applauds
Hand out gold and expensive jewels to the audience.
Ask them not to clap during the curtain call,
but to throw the gold and jewels at the performers
as hard as possible.
Posted by Rock Heals at 12:00 AM
September 14, 2005
A Night of Fast-Moving Theater: 9/27, DC
Taffety Punk Theatre Company presents
AND THEN IT FASTER ROCK'D:
Shakespeare's Collected Noise
September 27th, 2005
8:30 pm at the Black Cat $7
1811 14th Street NW, Washington DC
from the announcement:
We're remounting "And Then It Faster Rock'd" – whose previous incarnation landed the same night as a terrific snowstorm back in February. So we thought a reprise was in order. The show collects, in various distortions, Shakespeare's rock and roll classic SONNET 71, HENRY V (featuring George W. Bush and cabinet), HORATIO (possessed), OPHELIA (distracted), a surviving fragment from the silent movie version of TAMING OF THE SHREW, with many more surprises, and much more noise.
With guest artists Teresa Castracane, Tymberlee Chanel, Kate Eastwood-Norris, Shawn Fagan, Kimberly Gilbert, Scott Kerns, Josh Thelin, and an on-screen Foster Solomon; with company members Marcus Kyd, Christopher Marino, Erin Mitchell. Cameo by Paper Bag.
[ed note / full disclosure: RH resident Jamie GP tooka turn at being the geek of geeks for the original: the AV guy for a dramatic production and will do so again. And once again he'll be nervous about fucking it all up.]
Posted by Rock Heals at 09:35 AM
July 13, 2005
Phoenix Diaries: Simon and Carl
Jon Lee
SIMON: I want to fuck you.
CARL: You're so blunt.
SIMON: Damn straight I'm blunt.
CARL: I need a man who's subtle.
SIMON: I can only be so subtle with my tool.
CARL: I want a man who will romance me.
SIMON: Sweety, you know I can romance you.
CARL: Then talk about something other than your cock.
SIMON: I love the way your package sticks out of your shorts.
CARL: This is insane.
SIMON: Oh baby.
CARL: I'm dating a 12 year old.
SIMON: 12 year olds don't have cocks like this.
Posted by Rock Heals at 04:40 AM
Phoenix Diaries: Maryann and Ashton
Jon Lee
MARYANN: Blow me down.
ASHTON: Shiver my timbers?
MARYANN: It's the new thing to say.
ASHTON: Not new at all sweety. Popeye used to say that.
MARYANN: Who's Popeye?
ASHTON: You're too young for that.
MARYANN: You always say that, come on tell me.
ASHTON: No, sweetie. I mean. Ha. I mean you are too young to have
remembered Popeye. He was an old cartoon. Also a very contrived movie
starring Robin Williams.
MARYANN: I know Robin Williams.
ASHTON: There you go, now we have something in common.
MARYANN: Does Mom know who Popeye is?
ASHTON: No, no she doesn't sweetie.
Posted by Rock Heals at 04:30 AM
Phoenix Diaries: Ignoramus and Loser
Jon Lee
IGNORAMUS: Dood, you're such a loser.
LOSER: You stink.
IGN: Fuck yeah I do.
LOSER: I can never stink as good as you.
IGN: Fuck yeah you can. Run around the block.
(LOSER runs around the block.)
IGN: Woah, you don't smell at all.
LOSER: See?
IGN: Yeah. Huh. Run around the block again.
(LOSER runs around the block.)
IGN: Dood, I can't smell a thing. Come closer.
IGN smells LOSER's pits.
LOSER: Well, anything?
IGN: Nope. Nothing.
LOSER: Damn it. I wanna smell.
(LOSER runs around the block.)
LOSER: Damn I'm tired.
IGN: Um dood?
LOSER: Yeah?
IGN: You smell really good.
LOSER: Shit.
Posted by Rock Heals at 04:20 AM
April 13, 2005
Deliverable (A Ten Minute Play)
Brian Calandra
Here's an excerpt -- get the whole thing in the PDF (187k)
Scene: Requirements Discovery in 6B (uh, I mean, “Strategic Planning”)
Open on table, center stage, perpendicular to audience. A Proxima projector sits on it, facing upstage. Three chairs sit on one side of the table, two on the other. Susie fritters about the room, K enters out of breath, and stands awkwardly by a chair.
K:
You were moving so fast through the cubes, I could barely keep up. {Chuckles} I was lucky to find this. I… I really don’t think I can find my way back.
Susie:
You’ll get the hang of it -- you’ve just got to remember to turn left after your third right before the filing cabinet on your left facing the fax machine to the right of that small row of cubes. Or you can just take the fourth left after your second left by the bathroom after you make a right past the receptionist.
K:
Oh, yeah. Sure. I wonder why they don’t number these offices. At my last company….
Susie:
Heh, yeah. But if you numbered everything, you’d have to remember a number, a name, and a location. This way you just remember the name. He-he! {She giggles}
K:
Yeah, I…guess.
Susie:
You’ll get the hang of it.
K:
So this is the HoldmeBachs kickoff meeting? The project starts now?
Susie:
Oh, no, we’re months in. And we can’t kick the project off! How can we kick this off without setting the requirements? That’s like trying to eat toothpaste with a straw!
K:
What?
Read the whole thing on PDF (187k)
Also in Week 5
Californian Taco Salad to enjoy with a good drink
Also on Rock Heals
Week 6 Is Habit Forming with another episode of 911 Diaries and a review
Week 4: Perdue, the Pope and Bellows. Oh my! with 911 Diaries, Mike Grau, and music from M_GP
Week 3 Waits Patiently for Spring Weather with a comic from John Shanchuk
Week 2 In the Time or Rock Heals with poetry from Justin Sirois; and
Week 1 Where it All Began with poetry from Mark Wallace
Posted by Rock Heals at 12:10 AM
