THIS WEEK (NOVEMBER 30th): EPISODE 13 - THE LINE IN THE SAND
Tickets available here: http://www.theinstitutiontheater.com/sh ... rican-live
We've passed our halfway point. We'll explore the marker that other people pass in their lives. Walls go up, walls go down. We'll explore overly casual, overly denigrating name calling. The moral quandaries of the professional belief versus the personal belief. And the remembrances of high school dodgeball.
Featured will be:
A photoessay/monologue from Jen Hellow
Slam poet Keith Ruckus
Cultural activist Natalie Goodnow
and more.
Hosted by Not Ira Glass, a.k.a. Michael Ferstenfeld and produced with Asaf Ronen.
THIS AMERICAN LIVE shares much with the well-known NPR show from which it takes its name: the format, the tone, and most importantly, the enthusiasm for personal stories. However, the Live theatrical setting gives it opportunities that couldn’t be “seen” on the radio.
Each week, a different topic will be explored as led by Not Ira Glass assisted by a diverse army of performer storytellers behind him. TAL looks not only to present the widest array of narratives, but to redefine narrative. Any given show will include a mix of script and improvisation, interviews and monologues, video and sketch and dance and burlesque and whatever else the Austin talent pool has to offer.
Whatever it takes to go to the deepest reaches of that week’s theme.
Future themes include:
DECEMBER 7th: LIFE OF PRIVILEGE
DECEMBER 14th: MY STRANGE HABIT
DECEMBER 21st: INSUFFICIENT DATA
DECEMBER 28th: 24 HOURS AT...
Future guests will include David Moses Fruchter, sketch group Every Girl's Annual, blogger Lauren Bradley, and more.