Feb 18-23rd, 2009. Russ Bickerstaff writes two blogposts about BERZERK!!! Feb 17th, 2009. Damien Jaques mentions the existance of BERZERK!!! Dec 30th, 2008. Paint the Town reviewed on the road. July 22nd, 2008. Jaymee Sherman reviews Systems for Vital Source. July 17th, 2008. Burt Wardall reviews Paint the Town for Vital Source. July 15th, 2008. Russ Bickerstaff reviews Paint the Town for The Shepherd. July 4th, 2008. Russ Bickerstaff blogs about Systems. July 5th, 2008. Russ Bickerstaff interviews Rex Winsome. July, 2008. Artsy Schmartzy previews Paint the Town. June, 2008. Russ Bickerstaff previews Paint the Town. June 18th, 2008. Artsy Schmartzy starts a debate! May 20th, 2008. Unofficial PIAD 3 Review. May 14th, 2008. Russ Bickerstaff reviews Play in a Day 3. April 25, 2008. Russ Bickerstaff reviews Cracks in the Floor and 31. April 24, 2008. MKE Magazine asks us to pitch our show. April 16, 2008. Russ Bickertaff previews Cracks in the Floor and 31. April 15, 2008. Russ Bickertaff interviews Wes Tank for Cracks in the Floor. March 28, 2008. Bus Rickertaff runs into us, on the bus no less! March, 2008. Jonathan West adapts Berzerk!!! script into short film. March 27, 2008. Jonathan West interviews us for his Big Mouth Artsy Schmartsy Podcast. March 2008. Russ Bickerstaff pre-views Ides of March Dance off on his blog. March 2008. Rex Winsome quoted on Artsy Schmartzy Jan 29 2008. Artsy Schmartzy muses about 8 1/2 x 11. Jan 2008. Russ Bickerstaff discusses 8 1/2 x 11, on his Shepherd Express blog. Jan 2008. Vital Source Online publishes this review of Berzerk!!! Jan 10 2008. The Onion AV Club recommends Berzerk!!! Jan 2008. Artsy Schmartzy participates in Berzerk!!! Jan 10 2008. Russ Bickerstaff previews Berzerk!!! in the Shepherd Express. Dec 13 2007. Russ Bickerstaff mentions Insurgent as a solution to stagnant local theatre. Dec 6 2007. Russ Bickerstaff writes for 8 1/2 x 11. Oct 18, 2007. MKE Magazine includes us in their cover article on Milwaukee Arts Collectives. Oct, 2007. Artsy Schmartzy upstages us. Sept 22nd, 2007. Rex Winsome rants against Shakespeare on the nightly news. Aug 8, 2007. Artzy Schmartzy meets Lucky and Pozzo. July 22, 2007. Vital Source Online reviews Play in a Day. July 5, 2007. The Shepherd Express publishes a review of Made in the Mouth. July 2007. Shepherd Express previews Made in the Mouth. June 2007. MKE previews Made in the Mouth. January 2007. Vital Source Online reviews Golden Apollo. December, 2006. Vital Source Online reviews Gorilla Theatre: Berzerk. October 14, 2006. Someone talks about Lucky and Pozzo in their blog. September 23, 2006. VLAD!! Watch the slideshow, he's there! August 24, 2006. Jonathan West (Bialystock and Bloom) tells MKE magazine that we want to take over the world. June, 2006. OnMilwaukee says you should know us. May 18, 2006. Mke Magazine publishes a profile of Ben and Tracy, regarding our efforts with INSURGENT THEATRE. May 11, 2006. The Shepherd Express publishes a review of The Plight of the Ruling Class. May 1, 2006. Vital Source Online publishes a review of The Plight of the Ruling Class. April 27, 2006. The Shepherd Express publishes a preview of The Plight of the Ruling Class. July 25, 2005. OnMilwaukee.com publishes an article about The Astor Theatre that includes an interview about None of These is Nothing. January 2005. Riverwest Currents publishes a preview of Bring the War Home. January 2005. The Shepherd Express publishes an interview about Bring the War Home. January 19, 2005. OnMilwaukee.com publishes a piece on Bring the War Home. September 1 2003. The Vital Source publishes a review of ReVerb. |
Theater Made Short July 05, 2007 As the show opens, Peter J. Woods comes out in a bathrobe to introduce his evening of short works at the Astor Theater. He smugly affects an egotistical attitude for the stage. As he pontificates, large black letters appear behind him on a glowing, white backdrop. The text heckles him from behind. As with everything else in Woods’ Made In The Mouth, the text is only onstage long enough to fully acknowledge what he’s saying. Then it vanishes. The first piece, “115 Pieces of Useless Theatre,” is an interesting experiment. César Gamiño stands onstage dressed casually as he folds laundry in front of a ridiculously large pile of linen. Jason Hames walks onstage dressed in a suit. The two then proceed to have an intimate conversation involving some pretty heavy issues. The audience doesn’t get many of the actual words that are spoken. The lights fade in and out for each of the 115 pieces of the conversation that we, the audience, are allowed to hear. We don’t get specifics in the dialogue—only those moments of silence between two people who used to be intimate having the last conversation they’ll ever share. Woods and director John Manno brilliantly capture all those idle moments in a long, deep conversation. The second piece is considerably more complicated, involving a number of characters. Directed by Tracy Doyle, “More Or Less About Blankets” features David Bohn as Sam, a guy who might have something to say. The press (played here by Ian Clark and Dana Meanz) won’t listen to him, though, preferring to hear the exact same words he speaks out of a charismatic guy in a suit called Name (Tim Chrapko). It’s fun seeing both sides of the character’s personality interact, but just as everything’s getting interesting, the story ends in a simple dramatic equation and fades offstage. Like the pieces that it consists of, Made In The Mouth will only be around long enough for people to know it’s there. The show, produced in conjunction with local DIY theater outfit Insurgent Theatre, only runs through July 14. Comments July 06, 2007 | 12:37 PM And then Peter comes out in a robe. And then everyone talks! Then a boy talks. Boy talks. Funny boy. And then he makes jokes about how he doesn't smoke at all! And then about glasses! Funny play cool girl |
