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| ARCHIVE SEASON 16 |
September 2003 |
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BareBones Festival
VORTEX presents The Barebones Festival—Plays of Trouble and
Desire. For the first annual Barebones Festival, VORTEX received 111
submissions from around the US, Canada, England, and Israel. The five
selected plays will be performed for two weeks.

Photo by Kenneth B. Gall
SCHEDULE A
performed the first two weeks, all three plays each night:
Ezekiel’s Wheelchair
by Trav S. D., Directed by Michelle Fowler
Figures from Giacometti
by George Freek, Directed by Todd Essary
The November Boy
by Stephen Cone, Directed by John Steven Rodriguez
SCHEDULE B
performed the second two weeks, both plays each night:
Fuckjoy
by Chris Kelley, Directed by Heather Barfield
Cruelty to Animals
by Ryan Michael Teller, Directed by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Can winning the match mean losing the prize? Ezekiel’s Wheelchair
sets in motion the primary conflict between mother and lover. Consumed
with winning, Ezekiel’s women become color-blind, sucked into
the VORTEX of Ezekiel’s colorless world. In Figures from Giacometti,
on the surface we find two guys, a girl, and a wedding. Beneath
the surface? Seething desire, deep regret, unresolved passion, and
broken dreams threaten a promising future. In The November Boy,
an older gay couple live out their days together, exploring life,
love, and death together. A visit from the November Boy, helps them
complete the circle.
Fuckjoy (or Necro Stix) is a game of happiness, regret, sadness,
and philosophical inquiries into the persistent imbalance of emotions,
love, and mental health. A man and woman see-saw between a fulcrum
of infinite uncertainty and doubt, and only through mutual sharing
of
instabilities are they able to rest, for a short time. Cruelty to
Animals is the story of Monty, an abnormal young man trying desperately
to maintain a facade of normalcy in the world around him, but with
no idea of what normal is supposed to be. Fed by the harsh interactions
from his friends, family, and his imagined companion, Monty is torn
between the expectations of others and acting on his own desires.
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