Eunice Wong, who plays Bougrelas and Lady MacDuff, sent me an excerpt from War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by the veteran war correspondent Chris Hedges that I would like to share with you:
“Late one night, unable to sleep during the war in El Salvador, I picked up Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It was [...]

I thought I would take this opportunity to use my final post before the holidays to talk a little about violence in The Polish Play. As I have worked on it, The Polish Play has increasingly become about the Ubu’s crimes and the lack of reprecussions they receive for their actions. As the Ubus’ crimes [...]

Yesterday we finished table work. Our time at the table has been fun and very productive. We got up on our feet and spent the last two hours starting to stage the killing of Venceslas and the discovery of the killing of Wenceslas scenes.
We put Jordan and Dana into their Pere and Mere Ubu rehearsal fat [...]

[ January 26, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] January 26, 2007 at 8pm.

Join us for a mashup music party onstage after the show. Featuring several of NYC’s most talented DJs and electronic musicians. Line up includes Aaron Meicht and Matt Michell. Other artists TBD. Admission free with ticket.

[ January 24, 2007; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 8pm.
$50 tickets can be purchased at www.smarrtix.com.

We had a great first rehearsal yesterday. The actors read through the play. It was really exciting to hear the play aloud. It’s an incredible cast. They are going to be amazing.
After the read-through we did a design presentation. We showed the cast Takeshi Kata’s model for the set and Jenny Mannis’ costumes sketches and [...]

The Polish Play is now cast. I couldn’t be happier about working with this amazing company of actors. Here’s the cast:
Jordan Gelber*- Père Ubu
Dana Smith-Croll*- Mère Ubu
James Bentley- Foley Artist
Jeff Biehl* – Queen Rosamond, Cotice, et al.
Torsten Hillhouse* – MacDuff, et. al
Jacob H. Knoll* – Banquo, et. al
Lucas Caleb Rooney*  – King Wenceslas,Ross, et al.
Ryan Ward* [...]