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You guys, Hot Box opens something like 8 or 9 days from this exact moment in time, and it is starting to come together and feel like an actual honest-to-goodness show, and really we should thank our lucky stars because it was feeling pretty dicey there for a while. I should probably knock on wood about a thousand times right now. We are doing cardio workouts like crazy, and sweating (literally) buckets, and yes the drinking, and yes we are all a bit shell shocked down here in the basement, but hey, it's the work we set out to do. PLEASE COME TO SEE IT. It will mean a lot to me and all of us to see you here. I sincerely hope that you will make the time. There will be earplugs, and docents to keep you safe. Don't be afraid.
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COMING SOONER THAN WE'D CARE TO ADMIT, AND TO BE HONEST IT'S FREAKING US OUT A LITTLE BIT: Hot Box. September 13-15, 17-22 2012.
Co-Presented with FIAF's Crossing The Line Festival.
Major production support provided by the MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Additional commissioning support provided by NYSCA's Individual Artist Program.
Hot Box was shown in progress at Mount Tremper Arts, an entire freaking year ago already.
Conceived, Directed and Performed by Chocolate Factory Artistic Director Brian Rogersin collaboration with Madeline Best, Maggie Dick, Jon Harper, Brad Kisicki and Mike Rugnetta, Hot Box will be a companion piece to his 2010 Bessie-nominated performanceSelective Memory. Where Selective Memory was extremely clean and minimalist in its approach, Hot Box will be loud, foggy, sweaty, and drunk. Hot Box will draw inspiration from a cinematic vocabulary - pans, zooms, cuts etc - while attempting to find a sustained kind of stillness within a totally chaotic and uncomfortable environment. Inspired by films like Apocalypse Now and Fitzcarraldo, Hot Box will create a live performance situation that is violent and chaotic; and from that chaos, attempt to compose a sequence of video images that are quiet, sustained, focused, and organized - but somehow coated with an intense emotional residue.
Love,
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The Chocolate Factory Theater
The Bessie and Obie Award winning Chocolate Factory Theater supports the creation of new work in a variety of disciplines including theater, dance, music, multimedia and the visual arts. The Factory’s 5,000 square foot facility is home to new work by the company’s founding artists; and (under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Rogers) commissions and presents new work by visiting artists, providing multi-week creative residencies; dedicated access to space and technical equipment free of charge; marketing and press assistance; administrative support; and commissioning and artist fees.
Staff
Sheila Lewandowski, Executive Director
Brian Rogers, Artistic Director
Alexandra Rosenberg, House Manager
Madeline Best, Production Manager
Jodi Bender, Bookkeeper
Casey Hayes, Executive Assistant
Stacy Grossfield, Box Office
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Sarah Maxfield - THROW Curator
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