Exciting times! We’re thrilled and grateful for all the attention our run received, but thought that we’d take a moment to highlight the fact that Blogologues was featured on HuffPost Comedy’s homepage, and compared to beer! (Translation: yay.) Please see below for excerpts, and click to read the full article and leave a comment.
Blogologues Proves That the Internet and Live Theatre Can Live in Harmony
Blogologues, the brainchild of actor/curators Allison Goldberg and Jen Jamula, creatively showcases Internet writing, which they rightfully assert is some of the most clever and thoughtful work currently being produced.
The best Internet writing establishes a defined relationship between the writer and the reader, either implicitly or explicitly. And over the course of an hour or so, Blogologues does the same thing between the actors and the audience — with the added challenge of breathing life into words intended to be read on a screen.
The five charming actors who make up the cast each take on roles as monologists, Greek chorus members, stage pieces and any other role informed by the pieces adapted. The selection of Internet writing that the Blogologues players perform ranges from pithy tweets to confessional blogs to McSweeney’s humor essays, and each is performed with gusto and respect that attempts to stay true to the original.
The idea of going to a live performance of the material that I spend my working day sifting through made me feel how a brewery worker must feel at happy hour: Sure, this stuff is engineered to make people feel fantastic, but enough’s enough.
Two or three pints in, that guy remembers that beer is, indeed, amazingly delicious. And similarly, Blogologues enforces the idea that the reason homemade online content is undeniably intoxicating is that its very nature commands attention and hopefully, communication. Blogologues finds the humanity in something that could easily be disposable.
The Internet is no longer a secret club (thank goodness), but Blogologues is the kind of show that helps us digest what we’re truly learning — and feeling — when we wade into its offerings.
*Actors perform courtesy of AEA. Blogologues is a trademark of Lively Productions, Inc.