COME PLAY: Melodrama is the most expressive of Western theatre forms, the one closest to the theatrical impulse itself, based in physical gesture, high stakes, big characters, big emotions, spectacle, the struggle of good and evil, and music. It’s somewhere between Artaud's "athlete of the emotions" and cops & robbers. You get to play big which stretches you, is cathartic and… FUN. It’s a theatrical workout to get you out of your head and into your body. Wanna play make-believe… Grand Guignolers style?
BRING: an open attitude, willingness to get ugly (i.e. pretty girls at left), ready have FUN and play BIG. High stakes. Leave pretentions, self consciousness, fear of being judged, and competitive nature at home.
Held at ArtWorks, home of our host [via] Corpora, a Performance Research & Development Lab at 6569 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood btwn Seward & Hudson. NO PARKING IN LOT.
Amy Vorpahl & Amanda Street in A Crime in the Madhouse