Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Election Day

Voted before work this morning. My polling station is PS 375 in Brooklyn, aka Jackie Robinson School. It was pretty packed... the line outside went around the block two corners. There's a large courtyard in front of the school where the poll workers were trying to organize the front of the line by Election District.

Unfortunately, the organization effort didn't go so well and the courtyard quickly filled up completely. The cops had to chain off the gate to the courtyard and let it clear out before letting the rest of us on the street in. I was the cut off, stuck right at the front of the line that was kept waiting. I got to hang out with a handful of annoyed cops who were trying to sort through the school employees and senior citizens who need to get through the line. Everyone seemed in pretty good spirits though, patiently determined to wait the lines out. This is what high turnout looks like...

I believe the election is going to turn on registration, turnout and enthusiasm. In two words: Ground Game. I think Obama is going to do even better than expected.

Found some really interesting Obama art around the web in various places... thought I'd throw a few up here for Election Day. Enjoy!



http://chicagoist.com/2008/02/04/art_design_obam.php
http://animalnewyork.com/news/2008/07/ron-english-inaugurates-oversi.php
http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/2008/08/21/new-obama-prints-from-david-choe-and-upper-playground/

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Skeletor, a Gladiator and the NonaMonster walk into a bar...

Check out some photos from the Halloween show of Master of Horror.

Only one night left for the Master of Horror. If you haven't caught it yet, get a ticket fast...

Thursday, October 30, 2008

A Room With No Doors

There's something incredibly visceral and immediate about watching horror on stage. In film and television the special effects may look more realistic, but the audience has a psychological distance from the action. When you're watching a horror play, you're trapped in the same room as the monsters and madmen. Blood sprays across the stage, sometimes splashing the audience, and there's no escape for the viewer.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Blood Brothers: Master of Horror Photo Gallery

Got the production photos for Master of Horror cleaned up and posted on the Nosedive site. Aaron did a fantastic job shooting for us (as always).


Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Master of Horror is Open

The Blood Brothers present...
The Master of Horror

Endtimes Underground at The Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Street (between Bowery & Lafayette)
October 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30-31, November 1, 2008
Thursday through Saturday, 7:30pm

Buy tickets here!

Nona
by James Comtois

Quitters, Inc.
by Qui Nguyen

In The Deathroom
by Mac Rogers

and
Paranoid: A Chant and The Last Waltz

adapted from the short stories of Stephen King

Featuring

Rebecca Comtois — Michael Criscuolo — Jeremy Goren
Jessi Gotta — Marc Landers — Marsha Martinez
Christian Toth — Ben Trawick-Smith

directed by Pete Boisvert and Patrick Shearer

stage managed by Stephanie Cox-Williams and Ben VandenBoom





Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Speed Demons at the Grand Saloon

This weekend , Vampire Cowboys brings back its extremely popular series, THE SATURDAY NIGHT SALOON, a monthly party at THE BATTLE RANCH featuring brand new genre-bending serialized plays by NYC's hottest indie theatre artists. The shows hit every first Saturday night of the month from September to January. It's always free, the all-you-can-drink beer (or until we run out) is always only a mere five dollars, and the shows are always inventive. So why go drink at a bar when you can party at the Saloon?

NEXT SALOON:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 2008 at 8pm
At THE BATTLE RANCH
405 Johnson Avenue (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
(2.5 blocks from Morgon stop off L train)
For a map, CLICK HERE!

FREE ADMISSION!
THEATRE WITHOUT RERUNS!
Featuring six all-new exciting serialized plays by:
James Comtois
Co-Artistic Director of Nosedive Productions
Author of Pinkie*; Colorful World; The Adventures of Nervous Boy

Megan Mostyn-Brown
Author of The Secret Lives of Losers; Girl; Going After Alice

A Rey Pamatmat
Member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab
Author of Deviant; Beautiful Day; Thunder Above, Deeps Below

Robert Ross Parker
Co-Artistic Director of Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company
Author of Jimmy Starshooter Must Get Laid*

Mac Rogers
Member of Gideon Productions
Author of Universal Robots; Hail Satan; Fleet Week

Webb Wilcoxen
Author of Patsy Stufflebean Meets The Kentucky Demon*; The Fairy Tale Project; Billy Sleepyhead
MC'd by Jeff Lewonczyk & Hope Cartelli

Saturday Night Saloon Schedule:
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Saturday, October 4th, 2008
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009