About Author: D'Arcy Dersham

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Posts by D'Arcy Dersham

  • This year the fine folks at Elemental have completely run out of ideas and are counting on your genius to get us through.  We’re tired, we’ve poured our Collective brains out to bring you some of Providence’s finest new work.  Now, we’re asking you to take up pen and paper and save our asses - we need plays!

    Announcing the 2011 Go.Go Elements

    This year the fine folks at Elemental have completely run out of ideas and are counting on your genius to get us through. We’re tired, we’ve poured our Collective brains out to bring you some of Providence’s finest new work. Now, we’re asking you to take up pen and paper and save our asses - we need plays!

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  • Every fall, ETC begins the new play process by dreaming up play elements, writing them on slips of paper, putting them in a hat, and randomly drawing out the elements that will be incorporated into that year’s plays.

    Calling All Playwrights!

    Every fall, ETC begins the new play process by dreaming up play elements, writing them on slips of paper, putting them in a hat, and randomly drawing out the elements that will be incorporated into that year’s plays.

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  • The Providence Phoenix has come out with its annual

    Nomination: Best Theater Company

    The Providence Phoenix has come out with its annual "Best Of" survey, and Elemental Theater Collective was one of five nominations for Best Theater Company. We're honored to have been selected, and to be keeping such good company. Please take a moment to check out the survey, and vote for ETC!

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  • The Providence Journal praised Elemental's "engaging," "well-crafted" plays, and the Phoenix called it "as absorbing as a campfire tale."

    Reviews – The Father, The Son and the Holy Go.Go

    The Providence Journal praised Elemental's "engaging," "well-crafted" plays, and the Phoenix called it "as absorbing as a campfire tale."

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  • Preview: ARTSMASHRI

    "Even the way they dovetail each other's thoughts in a discussion confirms that "collaborative" is a key part of their company chemistry. All graduates of the Trinity MFA program, they've stumbled on one of those lucky synergies that makes artistic magic, and they're running with it."

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  • This year’s production, the father, the son and the holy go.go, draws its title from the seven Catholic Sacraments, which were randomly assigned to the three playwrights.  The playwrights used their chosen sacraments to inform the plays as they wrote them, and  were given the additional challenge of setting the plays in a common location.  The setting, chosen at random from a hat full of suggestions, was a cabin.

    Press Release – Elemental’s Go.Go Plays

    This year’s production, the father, the son and the holy go.go, draws its title from the seven Catholic Sacraments, which were randomly assigned to the three playwrights. The playwrights used their chosen sacraments to inform the plays as they wrote them, and were given the additional challenge of setting the plays in a common location. The setting, chosen at random from a hat full of suggestions, was a cabin.

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  • As 2009 came to a close, two of Elemental’s productions were recognized by the Providence Phoenix and the Providence Journal as the best of the year. Read the article by...

    Elemental recognized as Best of 2009!

    As 2009 came to a close, two of Elemental’s productions were recognized by the Providence Phoenix and the Providence Journal as the best of the year. Read the article by...

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  • Elemental Theatre Collective is proud to present its fourth annual original short play festival at Perishable Theatre.  This year’s collection is entitled

    the father, the son and the holy go.go – ETC’s fourth annual original play festival

    Elemental Theatre Collective is proud to present its fourth annual original short play festival at Perishable Theatre. This year’s collection is entitled "the father, the son and the holy go.go," and features new plays by George Brant, Alexander Platt, and Dave Rabinow.

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  • Channing Gray picked Elemental's production of Amadeus as one of the Top Five of 2009.

He called the production

    ProJo’s Top Five Productions 2009

    Channing Gray picked Elemental's production of Amadeus as one of the Top Five of 2009. He called the production "powerful" and "a giant leap forward."

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  • Bill Rodriguez of the Providence Phoenix picked two of Elemental's productions as the best of 2009.

    Phoenix: 10 Best Theater Productions 2009

    Bill Rodriguez of the Providence Phoenix picked two of Elemental's productions as the best of 2009. "Beginning and ending the year with great productions, Elemental showed us what theater at heart is all about."

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