Transversal Theater Company

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:

Find out more about Bryan Reynolds

:: Brief Biography
:: Transversal Theater Company
:: Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
:: bryanreynolds.com