Ahhh ... the life an artist. I barely have enough cash to make it to Cincinnati, so we're foregoing programs this weekend. It is, however, important to me to give credit where credit is due, so ... here's what would be in the program (and hopefully will be next weekend).
Available light [theatre]
The Absurdity of Writing Poetry
Featuring Matt Slaybaugh
Sound by Dave Wallingford
The following authors are quoted extensively:
James Kochalka
William Ball
Anne Bogart
Fernando Pessoa
Annie Dilliard
Margaret Atwood
Jonathan Franzen
George Saunders
The poems used in the piece, in order, are:
I Wanna Hear a Poem ? Steve Colman
Mein Kampf - David Lerner
Who Is a Poet ? Tadeusz Rozewicz
Manifesto ? Lawrence Felinghetti
Hip-Hop ? Mos Def
Americus I - Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Hard Rain ? Tony Hoagland
Howl - Allen Ginsberg
Coded Language ? Saul Williams
Possibilities - Wislawa Szymborska
The Pioneers ? Kele Okereke
See also:
The Writing Life ? Marie Arana, editor
Bookmark Now ? Kevin Smokler, editor
And, especially:
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers ? Vendela Vita, editor
Big thanx to:
King Ave. Church, Lauren Hines, 1/2-Price Books Lane Ave., Kathy & Allen Burkman, Geoff Martin & the Columbus PAC, Cincy Fringe and the Best Team in Town (Jason, Jeff, Gina, Sean, Sarah, Steph, Gabe, Lindsay, Jay, Liz, Jaquelyne, Rachel, & Cincinnati Advance), John Dranschak, Ian Short, Dan Welsh, Acacia Duncan, Michelle Schroeder, Robert Duffy & weColumbus.com, Brant Jones, John Kuhn & Actor's Theatre of Columbus, Matt's Family, Dave's Family.
Matt dedicates his work on this show to two of his favorite poets - Sean C. Lewis & Jenn Fawcett. ?If anything comes of this, it's your fault.?
Comments (1)
Matt, thank you for your enormous generosity in providing your script for all of us to see. We are dazzeled during your performance and can not retain half of what we wish.Your use of set objects is amazing and delightful in bringing other dimentions to the ideas you express. And there is such a sense of passion throughout! You do create a thrilling connection with the audience and make us feel included in the on going relationship with the grand list of artists. It's intimate for all of us to swim in this river together. Thank you for your work!!
Posted by Shirley Maul | June 9, 2006 7:06 PM
Posted on June 9, 2006 19:06