The
social theory, aesthetics, and critical methodology
of Transversal Poetics inform Transversal Theater.
Like
Transversal Poetics, Transversal Theater pursues comprehension
of the intricate workings of a given society’s or societies’ organizing
machinery -- and thus the consciousnesses that together
comprise it -- in the interest of making individuals
more aware of the ideational and material means by
which their own subjectivity and the subjectivities
(and social identities) of others have been formed,
are maintained, and can change.
Transversal Theater encourages conceptual-emotional-physical
movements and experiences outside of established parameters
and therefore against personal and societal constraints.
Such alternative thinking, feeling, and performance expand
subjectivity and consciousness and create more cognizant
individuals with enhanced self-empowerment. By blending
typically distinct theatrical styles -- from abstract
expressionism to musical surrealism -- and combining
intense dramatic action with rigorous philosophical and
spiritual engagement, Transversal Theater motivates audiences
and actors to venture investigative-expansively and subjunctively
into spacetimes that challenge determination, structures,
dispositions, and systems in order to inspire learning,
compassion, and evolution.
Through its art, Transversal
Theater endeavors to foster productive exchange, collaboration,
and community across nationalities, ethnicities, and
cultures.
Current Production:
Lumping
in Fargo,
2008 Irvine run and 2008 Gdansk Shakespeare Festival,
Poland. Additional performances to be scheduled.
Past Productions:
Blue
Shade National Theatre, Radu Stanca, Sibiu, Romania,
November 2007.
National Theatre
Festival, Bucharest, Romania, November 2007.
Teatr Lalek, Wroclaw, Poland, June 2007.
Teatr Modjeska, Legnica, Poland, June 2007.
Teatr 77, Lodz, Poland, May 2007.
Divadlo DISK, Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU), Prague, Czech Republic, May
2007.
Little Theatre, University of California, Irvine, May 2007.
Woof,
Daddy New York City International Fringe Theater Festival,
Linhart Theatre, August 2007.
San Francisco Fringe Theatre Festival, Exit Theater,
September 2006.
Railroad Sibiu
International Theatre Festival, Romania, June 2006. The National Theatre, Cluj, Romania, May 2006.
Woof,
Daddy
Rampa-Teatr Na Targowku, Warsaw, Poland, April 2005.
Teatr Kana, Szczecin, Poland, April 2005.
Teatr Polski-Malarnia, Poznan, Poland, April 2005.
Claire Trevor Theatre, University of California, Irvine,
March 2005.
Unbuckled The
Flight Theatre, Hollywood, California, July 2004.
Andrei Muresanu Theatre, Sfintu Gheorghe, Romania, June
2004.
Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania, June 2004.
The National Theatre, Cluj, Romania, June 2004.
Ariel Theatre, Tirgu Mures, Romania, June 2004.
Studio Theatre, University of California, Irvine, May
2004.
Contributing Artists Include:
Lonnie
Alcaraz lighting
designer
Adrian Alita actor
Thomas Augst
actor
Melissa Baird actor Cynthia
Bassham vocal coach
Bob Boross choreographer
Richard Brestoff actor
Sara
Broadhead assistant
lighting designer
Adam Bryx
assistant stage manager, dramaturg Robin
Buck actor Daniel
Gary Busby musical director
Katheryn Cain
actor
Robert Cohen director
Susan Coulter stage
manager
Ryan Falkner
actor
Hosanna Fox actor
Douglas-Scott Goheen set
designer
Elisha Griego lighting
designer
Stacey Haggin stage
manager
Andrew Heringer actor
Mike Hooker composer/sound
designer
Joanna Klass producer
(AD of Arden
2)
Madeline Ann Kozlowski costume
designer
Kris Lang actor
Karyn
Lawernce lighting designer
Mercedes
Manning actor
Chris
Marshall director,
actor
Benjamin
Mathes actor
Christa Mathis
actor Amanda McRaven director
Marissa Moses
choreographer
Breanne R. Mowdy
actor/stage manager Lisa
Naugle choreographer
Jeff Newman
producer/audio designer/scenic designer
Cipriana Petre producer
Bryan Reynolds playwright/director/producer
Sky Reynolds choreographer
Rachelle Schank actor
Janna Segal dramaturg/assistant
director
Laura Simms actor
Eli Simon
director
Ladan Sumac sound
designer/performer
Martin Swoverland
actor
Alan Terricciano sound
designer/performer
Phil Thompson voice/dialect
coach
Vince Tycer actor
Greg Ungar stage
manager/assistant director
Jason Vande Brake
actor
Jef Vowell
director
Patrick Williams sound
designer/performer