The Providence Journal praised Elemental’s “engaging,” “well-crafted” plays, and the Phoenix called it “as absorbing as a campfire tale.”
“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.”
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.
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.
We are looking for actors of all genders and types to comprise the company for our annual original short play festival, father, son, and the holy go.go, an evening of three original plays by Dave Rabinow, Alexander Platt and George Brant.
father, son, and the holy go.go runs from January 21 through February 7, 2009 at [...]