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Slipping by Daniel Talbott

I'm very excited to be directing Slipping by Daniel Talbott this fall at Defunkt Theatre in Portland, Oregon. More news to come xoxo

Just Announced : Insignificance by Terry Johnson

My work with Defunkt Theatre continues in the 2017-2018 season !This fall I will be directing Insignificance by Terry Johnson at Defunkt in my former home of Portland, Oregon. and as Artistic Director-at-large I'm proud to announce our commitment to access and inclusiveness has never been stronger :

Beginning with our 2017/18 Season all individual show tickets are pay-what-you-can! Accessibility is a core value at Defunkt, and we are proud to expand our pay-what-you-can policy to all performances. We live and breathe for great theater, and we want the work we do to be available to EVERYONE. Thank you to our generous longtime supporters for making this move possible. Great things are in store in the year ahead: we will see you at the theater!

Read the full season announcement below!

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Hir by Taylor Mac at Defunkt Theatre

" Klaus-Vineyard and the cast have honored Mac’s play, but kicked it up a notch with their with great attention to making the characters’ internal conflicts seem real. Access is a theme around which much of Taylor Mac’s work revolves. Defunkt lets you in for a while to a version of Mac’s past, through a joy ride of the transformative power of play. " -Oregon Artswatch

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Boarding School M/JOHN/W

M/JOHN/W is the latest release from Boarding School on Le Garçon Sale Records . M/JOHN/W originally appeared as part of the score for Defunkt Theatre's multiple award nominated production of Cock by Mike Bartlett . The ambient sound design composition appears here in a slightly reworked form. You can grab a copy here, it's pay what you will as always!

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs

Defunkt Theatre proudly presents In the Forest, She Grew Fangs by Stephen Spotswood
directed by Andrew Klaus-Vineyard
October 10-November 15 2014
Thursdays - Sundays at 7:30 pm (no show Sunday October 12 )
At The Back Door Theater • 4319 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR (enter through the Common Grounds Coffee Shop)
Pay-what-you-can Thursdays & Sundays, Sliding Scale $15-$25 Fridays and Saturdays

In the Forest, She Grew Fangs is presented in partnership with the Lines for Life Oregon YouthLine

Special post show Talk Back Events with staff and teen volunteers from the Oregon YouthLine focusing on the effects of bullying on teen mental health in the cyberage
1)Friday, October 17
2)Saturday, November 8

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In The Forest, She Grew Fangs in American Theatre Magazine

The universal acclaim of Defunk Theatre's production of Stephen Spotswood's electrifying post-modern fairy tale In The Forest, She Grew Fangs has been overwhelming. It was an honor to direct and produce a show this pertinent, magical and raw with a cast so game to travel down every dark and twisting path before us. We are honored to be previewed in American Theatre Magazine's October issue.

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In The Forest, She Grew Fangs @ defunkt theatre is a HIT!

photo by Rosemary Ragusa Photography

The reviews are in and In the Forest, She Grew Fangs is a SMASH. Rave reviews all around, from critics and audiences alike. Make your plans to see this show now as it must close November 15^th!

BUY TICKETS HERE: https://www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/event?id=288893

Portland Monthly:
“Fortunately, the play is not just timely, it’s good, and Defunkt does Spotswood’s script more than justice. Confident direction from Andrew Klaus-Vineyard... The lead performances are brimming with charisma. In the Forest succeeds largely because it doesn’t shy away from the variance and the gray areas inherent to a teen-bullying epidemic that, though its victims are high school kids, is not a “high school problem.” Spotswood gives us a violent and bloody condemnation of a society that still seems content to sit back and watch as the emotional and psychological effects of bullying percolate through our young people. It’s crucial material, and Defunkt tackles it fearlessly.”

Artswatch:

“Intense and hypnotic... In the Forest is notable partly because director Andrew Klaus-Vineyard and his cast and designers use the compact Back Door space so well. And for a story with such a gothic sense of good and evil and retribution, Spotswood’s version is surprisingly subtle and complex. We see layers and levels of abuse, some of it malicious, some of it thoughtless, and the silent scars that run as deep as claw-slashes across a face. The whole thing has an intimate hothouse effect, as if the story just grabbed you by the throat and pulled you in for a good theatrical mauling.”

Artclectic PDX:

“Opening night was sold out and I attended that performance directed by Andrew Klaus-Vineyard. I am still trying to process the myriad of emotional responses that the performance conjured up in me and trying to answer a few questions about what I experienced that night. These are two clear indicators that the playwright, the actors, the director and the crew did their individual work brilliantly and cohesively in my book: I can't stop thinking about the play.”

Dennis Sparks Reviews:

“This is the 15^th Season for this very successful black-box theatre and, if this play is any indication of things to come, then they will have many more years of good fortune. Klaus-Vineyard, the director, has assembled quite an impressive team and it just became the hottest ticket in town. Season for this very successful black-box theatre and, if this play to produce this show And he has his cast, wisely, underplay their characters in a story that could easily have been over-acted. Modica is excellent as Granny, especially in her monologues. Quite honestly, I could have listened to her telling stories all night.”

WWeek:

“The rapidly shifting power dynamics, coupled with snappy dialogue, mirror the widening gyre of teenage life, and prove an apt reminder: In the scariest stories, you never discover who's the real monster.”

We look forward to seeing you at the theater!

The Defunktionals
http://www.defunktheatre.com/

2014-2015 Season sponsored by Ronni Lacroute/Willakenzie Estate, Ellyn Bye, James F and Marion L Miller Foundation

October ate me alive (blog-y type update)

No time in recent memory has been as fruitful or busy as October 2013 for me. On October 1st my band Mattachine Social released "Close" a new ep of trip-hop tinged songs culled from our session recording in Seattle with Jesse Holt at Remixlab. You can nab the digital release here. And check out the single "Nowhere" below

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Slipping by Daniel Talbott

Just Announced : Insignificance by Terry Johnson

Hir by Taylor Mac at Defunkt Theatre

Boarding School M/JOHN/W

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs in American Theatre Magazine

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs @ defunkt theatre is a HIT!

October ate me alive (blog-y type update)

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Slipping by Daniel Talbott

Just Announced : Insignificance by Terry Johnson

Hir by Taylor Mac at Defunkt Theatre

Boarding School M/JOHN/W

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs in American Theatre Magazine

In The Forest, She Grew Fangs @ defunkt theatre is a HIT!

October ate me alive (blog-y type update)