On the bill for tonight's Fast & Loose '12 finale

The march was arduous (And, yes, I had to look that up). The competition was tough. The battle was bloody. But, at the end of the day, six plays emerged from the crucible of creativity to perform again.

TONIGHT ONLY!

Six new plays!

8 p.m. at Access Theater

(380 Broadway, 4th Floor -- two blocks south of Canal Street at the corner of Broadway and White Street, NYC)

• $15 single seat tickets
• $10 tickets for groups of four or more (Send a list of the people in the group to TruantArts@gmail.com and show up to the theater together)
• $5 industry tickets (Email us your name and credentials -- we are looking for people in positions to offer work to our talent)

It is the first/last and only chance to see:

These 12 fabulous actors molded by 6 talented directors, in the service of 6 <INSERT SUPERLATIVE HERE> playwrights.

The plays

"Bonds" by Greg Moss
Directed by Greg Moss
Featuring Bianca Cristina and Brandon Ferraro

"Female Mover Wanted" by Kristen Felicetti
Directed by Helyn Rain Messenger
Featuring Jessica Appel and Zoey Rutherford

"Mise-en-Place" by Scott Cheshire
Directed by Viet Vo
Featuring Peter Guarraci and Asa Merritt

"Progress" by Caitlin Graham
Directed by Bryan Davidson Blue
Featuring Vanessa Bontea and Mary McCarthy

"Monozy Goat" by Katharine Henner
Directed by Julia Goldstein
Featuring Laura Darrell and Avra Friedman

"Sense and Sensei-bility" by Brandon Ferraro
Directed by Frank-Thomas Grogan
Featuring Shawn Ack and Andrew Reaves

Six down, seven to go...

Tuesday night's performance of six new plays went off like an old-school alarm clock. It was a wake up call to indie theater that truants are in the house.

Three of the shows are in the house again Thursday.

"Bonded," written by Greg Moss and featuring Bianca Christina and Brandon Ferraro

"Female Mover Wanted," written by Kristien Felicetti, directed by Helyn Rain Messenger and featuring Zoey Rutherford and Jessica Appel

and

"Mise-en-Place," written by Scott Cheshire, directed by Viet Vo and featuring Peter Guarraci and Asa Merritt

... are getting a second shot at the boards at 8 p.m. Thursday night, Access Theater (380 Broadway, 4th Floor - on the corner of Broadway and White St., two blocks south of Canal St.).

Show up tonight at 8 p.m. and decide which three plays from tonight's performance will join them.

*Find out more about the talented people involved in Fast & Loose '12.

** Get more information about the festival and tickets.

Scouting like the pros

Truant, a theater company specializing in working from the ground up, is too, but we are tired of sifting through resumes that are padded, monologues that are over rehearsed and headshots that don't look like real people.

What we want is to see actors, directors and writers at work, but that can be a logistical nightmare ... and costly.

What if we could see two dozen actors and a dozen or more directors and playwrights in action? We thought we could. And so we put together Fast & Loose '12.

We'd like to share the opportunity with you. For the next three nights, (Aug. 28-30 at p.m.) Truant and Access Theater are presenting new works by 13 playwrights and featuring 26 actors and 13 directors.

Get a chance to catch theater talent as it works, not as it postures -- for as little as $10. Find out more here.

Or email truantarts@gmail.com and reserve your seat.

Access Theater is at 380 Broadway, 4th floor, at the corner of Broadway and White St., two blocks south of Canal Street.

Fast & Loose '12: The Gory Details

Truant Arts, in partnership with Access Theater, is thrilled to present Fast & Loose: 13 new plays, inspired, written, rehearsed, and performed in about 48 hours!

Curtain is 8:00pm on Tuesday 8/28, Wednesday 8/29, and Thursday 8/30. Thursday night is a 'best of' from the other nights, based on audience vote; let your voice be heard!

Tickets are on sale at the door, for cash only, but can be reserved by emailing TruantArts@gmail.com (reservations suggested).

1 show - $15

2 shows - $25

All 3 shows - $35

(multi-night tickets must be purchased at one time)

Group discounts: 4 or more friends coming together get $10 tickets. You must email TruantArts@gmail.com by 5pm on the night of the performance with the names of all the people in your group.

Are you in the industry? Email TruantArts@gmail.com with your credentials and get $5 tickets.

A week of fearless theatre. Fast & Loose, just how we like it!

Access Theater

380 Broadway, 4th floor

(corner of White St., 2 blocks below Canal St.)

TUESDAY PLAYERS:

See bios and photos here.

Alexa Servodidio

Asa Merritt

Bianca Christina

Brandon Ferraro

Cherie Chalouhi

Cyndee Rivera

Donnell Smith

Greg Moss

Helyn Rain Messenger

Ja'ron Young

Jamie Rosler

Jennifer Fisher

Jessica Appel

Kathryn Leuci

Kristen Felicetti

Moshe Maizels

Nicole Serra

Peter Guarraci

Richard Ploetz

Scott Cheshire

Viet Vo

Zoey Rutherford

WEDNESDAY PLAYERS:

See bios and photos here.

Andrew Reaves

Ariana Fekett

Asa Merritt

Avra Friedman

Bob Teague

Brandon Ferraro

Bryan Davidson Blue

Burton Crane

Caitlin Graham

Cherie Chalouhi

Cindy Parra

Cyndee Rivera

Dawn Del Orbe

Ernell McClenon

Frank-Thomas Grogan

Greg Moss

Jackie Schiffer

Jasmine Pierce

Julia Goldstein

Katharine Henner

Katie Fabel

Laura Darrell

Linus Gelber

Mary McCarthy

Natalya Krimgold

Omar Perez

Shawn Ack

Vanessa Bontea

See bios and photos here.

Fast and Loose off and running.

We are off to a great start on our Fast and Loose '12 festival.

At 11 a.m. today, we converged on Access Theater and the games began. Actors, directors and playwrights took random words and started sculpting characters and stories and general weirdness for three hours.

Now the playwrights are off making their magic ... and we wait.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, the first batch of six new 10-minute plays start to crawl. By performance time at 8 p.m. Tuesday, they will be walking, running, dancing and, if today is any indication, soaring.

Then the next seven new plays will launch at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Thursday, the strongest of the strong will get a second performance.

Who will be pushed forward to greatness on Thursday? You can help decide by coming to the shows and voting on your favorites.

Contact TruantArts@gmail.com for details.

Shows:

8 p.m. Tuesday
8 p.m. Wednesday
8 p.m. Thursday

Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th floor (at the corner of White Street and Broadway, two blocks south of Canal Street).

Theater artists, let's grab a quickie Aug. 26-30.

Truant Arts’ Fast and Loose Festival

(6 plays in 48 hours) X 2 = 12 playwrights, 12 directors, 24+ actors

Truant Arts, in partnership with Access Theater, is seeking playwrights, directors, and actors to help us command a space for four days of theater mayhem during the final week of August.
If you are a playwright who can handle the thrill of high-speed writing, we want you.


If you are a director who can realize a vision on the move, we want you.


If you are an non-union actor ready to grab a script in both hands in the morning and perform it that night, we want you.


If you think you've got what it takes, follow the links above for more information on your speciality. If you still think you want to spend quality time with us, email TruantArts@gmail.com and let us know you are in.

Please include “actor,” “director” or “writer” in the subject line.

Actors, let's get emotionally naked together for a couple of days

Truant Arts' Fast and Loose Festival

Actors

From 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26, you will be grouped with a director, a playwright and one or two other actors at Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor (two blocks south of Canal Street). As a creative team, you will improvise on a theme. Out of this improvisation, your playwright will go forth and write a brand new, shiny 10-minute play (average 10 pages).

At midnight Monday or Tuesday, depending on performance schedules, you will be emailed a PDF file of your play. Your team will rehearse all day, including a scheduled tech in the theatre, and perform in the evening. Audiences will vote on the top three plays each night. Those plays will move on to a Thursday night performance.

If you join the project, you will be required to attend the improvisation session on Sunday, Aug. 26, and all-day rehearsals the day of performance. You will also be required to perform on Thursday night if your play moves to the finals show, so you will need to keep that time clear just in case.

If you want to play, send an email to TruantArts@gmail.com, with "Actor" in the subject line.

Directors, get jiggy with us for a couple of days

Truant Arts' Fast and Loose Festival

Directors

From 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26, you will be grouped with a playwright and a few actors at Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor (two blocks south of Canal Street). As a creative team, you will improvise on a theme. Out of this improvisation, your playwright will go forth and write a brand new, shiny 10-minute play (average 10 pages).

At midnight either Monday or Tuesday, depending on performance schedules, you and your actors will be emailed a PDF file of your play. Your team will rehearse all day, including a scheduled tech in the theatre, and perform in the evening. Audiences will vote on the top three plays each night. Those plays will move on to a Thursday night performance.

If you join this project, you will be required to attend the improvisation session on Sunday, Aug. 26, and to direct your cast on the day of performance. We would love for you to attend the performance(s), but that is up to you.

If you want to play, send an email to TruantArts@gmail.com, with "Director" in the subject line.

Playwrights, have a summer fling with us

Truant Arts' Fast and Loose Festival

Playwrights

From 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m on Sunday, Aug. 26, you will be grouped with a director and a few actors at Access Theater, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor (two blocks south of Canal Street). As a creative team, you will improvise on a theme. Out of this improvisation, you will go forth and write a brand new, shiny 10-minute play (average 10 pages). At 10 p.m. Monday you will email the script in PDF format to TruantArts@gmail.com. We will send that script out to your actors and director at midnight either Monday or Tuesday, depending on the night your show is scheduled to be performed.

Your team will rehearse all day and perform in the evening. Audiences will vote on the top three plays each night. Those plays will move on to a Thursday night performance.

If you join this project, you will be required attend the improvisation session on Sunday, Aug. 26, and to write a brand new 10-page play and send it to TruantArts@gmail.com by 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27. We would love for you to be involved in the rehearsal process as an observer and to attend the performance(s), but that is your choice once the script is submitted.

If you want to play, send an email to TruantArts@gmail.com, with "Playwright" in the subject line.

48 hours - 12 new plays? It can be done. It will be done.

Will you be one of the ones to do it?

If you are an actor, writer or director and you want to find out how you can join the fast and furious new play festival we are putting up Aug. 27-30, email truantarts@gmail.com for details.

It is summer. We have a stage.

Let us commit acts of theater together.