Monthly Media Roundup February, 2013

February sure felt like the shortest month of the year; we can't believe it's already practically March. Here's what we've been up to!

Blog:
Featured Associate Artist: Michael Premo, Project Manager for In the Footprint and creator of Sandy Storyline
Meet the R&D: A post from playwright Carly Mensch about the research she was doing in Tanzania for her project about a former soccer star / teacher / soldier / Finnish N.G.O. worker / action hero / war photographer / street philosopher and self-described man of the bush who died suddenly and mysteriously
Meet the R&D: A post from director Mei Ann Teo about the investigative theater project that she worked on in China
Share Your Story about death, dying, or the after-life in NYC for a new project we're working on!

Podcast:
Bogotá Prison Pageant, Part III: Interviews from our investigation in the national women's prison in Bogotá, Colombia, where they host an annual beauty pageant for the incarcerated.
Occupy #S17, Part III and Part IV: Interviews and songs from our performance at Joe's Pub on the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

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The Great Immensity Blog
Chalk It Up to the Sea Urchin: Sea urchins process CO2 and turn it into chalk... could be useful, huh!

Throwback Thursday:
And here's a photo from our Bogotá investigation in September of 2011 of the women in the prison during the annual beauty pageant - click HERE for more!

Monthly Media Roundup December, 2012

Happy New Year! We hope you've had a great holiday season. Our office has been closed starting December 21, and will reopen January 2. We wanted to still keep you in the loop about what has been happening for us online this month, so here's the December Media Roundup. See you in 2013!

Blog:
R&D Group Post by Matt Dellapina about his R&D project

Podcast:
Occupy #S17, Part I featuring a performance by Tony Award-nominee Kathleen Chalfant, a monologue by our Associate Artist Colleen Werthmann, and a song by Jill Sobule

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Press:
Mr. Burns is the Washington Post's Best Show of the Year
Paris Commune in L Magazine's Best Shows of the Year
You Better Sit Down as a New York Times Best Unscripted Moment of the Year

Video:
Occupy #S17 Clip of Kathleen Chalfant performing at Joe's Pub
And we've got a bunch of video clips from our Education Program at the Brooklyn High School of the Arts, where students conducted interviews and created their own show about voting, civic responsibility, and voting. Here they are:
Why Do You Vote?
Voting is for Bigger People
Who's Bush?
Does Race Matter?

And here is video of the kids performing a song that Michael Friedman wrote, which they sang as part of the show!

Monthly Media Roundup November, 2012

We know that November is the month of the Scorpio, but here at The Civilians, it's been a little bit of a Gemini month! We had the first public concert showing of Pretty Filthy at Joe's Pub; meanwhile, our Associate Artist Marsha Stephanie Blake has been hard at work with students at Brooklyn High School of the Arts on their new play (which has performances next Monday and Tuesday)! Plus, we actually had two different projects on television, one about Paris Commune and our environmental music videos were on 24 Hours of Reality on PBS featuring Al Gore! Anyway, lots going on this month; here's our media roundup for November:

Blog:
Featured Associate Artist: Bess Wohl, playwright of Pretty Filthy
Updates from the Brooklyn High School of the Arts: The students are getting ready for their performances of the brand-new play they created, Why We Vote next Monday and Tuesday!
Meet the R&D: A post from our R&D Coordinator, EllaRose Chary about this year's R&D Group participants and projects
Porn Parodies: Updates about Pretty Filthy
Why do you vote? Intro to our Brooklyn High School of the Arts Investigative Theater Education Program

Podcast:
Bogotá Prison Pageant, Part I: Interviews from our investigation in the national women's prison in Bogotá, Colombia, where they host an annual beauty pageant for the incarcerated.
Death, Part III: Another story from Bogotá about a woman who had a near-death experience, plus Michael Friedman's song "Stars" from Gone Missing

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Video

Paris Commune on TV: Here's an awesome feature about Paris Commune that was made for a CUNY TV show sponsored by the French Embassy! It's got interviews with Steve, Michael, and the performers, plus footage from the show!

The Great Immensity Blog
Feeling the Heat of Climate Change: about the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, happening right now!

Hurricane Sandy: exploring the conversations about climate change and the environmental crisis sparked by Sandy (plus ways to get involved in relief efforts)

Photos
Our super hottt cast for Pretty Filthy at Joe's Pub

Pretty Filthy at Joe's Pub

Monthly Media Roundup October, 2012

A lot happened this month! Paris Commune had its sold-out run at BAM, and we are so proud of the show and the incredible artists who made it happen. Here's our recap of media that we posted this month; enjoy!

Blog
Featured Associate Artist: Marsha Stephanie Blake
Meet the R&D - A post by R&D Group artist Mia Rovegno about her experience in the 2011-12 Group!
Literary Corner: We Were There - A write-up about David Lawson's new piece of investigative theater that is based on interviews with veterans

Podcast
Paris Commune: A Podcast Discussion featuring NYU professor Kristin Ross discussing the actual Paris Commune and its relationship to social space
Occupy Your Mind, Part III The third part of our performance at Judson Church, including an interview with Reverend Billy and the guy who invented the Occupy Bat Signal

Death, Part III - An incredible monologue from an interview with a woman incarcerated in the national Colombian women's prison who had a near death experience performed by Jeanine Serralles 

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Video
Occupy Your Mind: Daniel as Billy at Sarah Lawrence College
Occupy Your Mind: Colleen Werthmann as Andrea at Joe's Pub
Occupy Your Mind: Laura as Andrea at Sarah Lawrence College
Occupy Your Mind: Matt sings "Down by the Riverside" at Sarah Lawrence College

Photos
Paris Commune Production Photos   
Occupy Your Mind Photo of the Occupy show at University of Cincinnati

Nina Hellman, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Buddeke, and Aysan Celik in Paris Commune at BAM

Monthly Media Roundup September, 2012

We have had an AWESOME start to our 2012-13 season here at The Civilians. We kicked off the year with a nearly sold-out cabaret at Joe's Pub, a national event about Occupy, and the wonderful world premiere of Paris Commune at ArtsEmerson in Boston! And here's a quick summary of all the new stuff we posted this month!

Blog:
Rehearsing the Revolution - A report from the Paris Commune rehearsal room
Occupy Wall Street #S17 Wrap Up - Tweets and pictures from our national performance event for the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street
Sneak-Peek of Occupy - Awesome excerpts from some of our recent interviews
The Commune on the Common - Description of rehearsals for Paris Commune up in Boston

Featured Associate Artist - Aysan Celik of Paris Commune

Podcast:
Paris Commune - Behind-the-scenes interviews with the artists working on Paris Commune
You Better Sit Down Salon Night, Part 3 - More from our post-show events at The Flea Theater following our run there in April

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Video
Animated Paris Commune Trailer

Photos
Check out photos from Sam Breslin Wright's Flickr account documenting Paris Commune rehearsals!

Stay tuned for lots of exciting stuff coming up in October - including the run of Paris Commune in the BAM 30th Next Wave Festival!