The Weiners have risen!
We have reached our goal & then some!!
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to the remounting of Weiner.
Your donation is still valuable to us! But the perks have ended--a perky Weiner doesn't last forever...
But we'd love to see you at the show!
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE: http://theweinermonologues.brownpapertickets.com/
In a Sentence
Help us bring an original play about dick jokes, sex scandals
and societyâs online persona to a New York stage.
Check out our BuzzFeed Article: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacobfischler/itll-only-cost-2500-to-make-a-play-about-anthony-weiner!
Check out our NYTimes Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/08/nyregion/greek-tragedy-based-on-non-ancient-texts-of-weiner.html?_r=0
What is The
Weiner Monologues?
Anthony Weiner was a rising star in the Democratic Party until his
online exploits ended his career. Then he ran for mayor, and it looked like he
would be back on top, until his junk was in the news again.
Using Greek tragedy as a model and the ups and downs of Weiner's
career as an entry point, The Weiner Monologues is a conversation
about the personal and communal in the age of the Internet. Through found
text, live song, dance, video and the use of smart phone technology as a
narative device, TWM goes beyond the headlines and double entendres to the core
of Weiner's escapades.
Also, there's a lot of dick jokes.
The
Factory will be producing The Weiner Monologues this November
at Access Theater.
Right now, we have a dedicated group of actors,
directors, set designers and media technicians. We have a deposit
down for a performance space
What will your money get us?
COSTUMES: $500 â We canât pull a âWeinerâ and have our actors be in boxer
briefs the ENTIRE time (although there will be some of that).
SET: $700
â If you build it they will come, but first you have to build it.
TECH EQUIPMENT: $600-TWM is all about technology and our
interaction with itâŠweâre thinking more than just some sound cues.
SPACE RENTAL: $700- You think rent is expensive in NY? So is renting a
theater space.
Contributing to our campaign guarantees that this
one-of-a-kind production happens and that you are a part of it!
Cast & Crew /Performance Times
Back on stage⊠just in time for mayoral erectionâŠerrâŠwe
meanâŠelection.
WHEN:
Wednesday November 6th, Thursday November 6th, Friday November
8th, Saturday November 9th and Sunday November 10th @ 8pm
Saturday November 9th and Sunday November 10th @ 2pm
WHERE:
Access Theater, 380 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
WHO:
ANTHONY WEINER......................Devin James Heater
WEISS/MARILYN/LEATHERS...Liana Wendy Sarapas
CHORUS:
P. Tyler Britt
David M DeLeon
Christopher Gizzi
Esther Ko
Sarah Smyth
Jillian Stevens
Director............................Jonathan Harper
Schlieman
Co-creator.......................................................John Oros
Production Stage Manager.............Kimberlyn Alava
Stage
Manager.............................................Lexi Quillen
Executive
Videographer.................Daigoro Hirahata
Chief Media
Executive...............................Jesse Reyes
Set
Designer...........................................Norihito Moriya
Lighting
Designers..........Zoey Russo & Maria Frantz
Technical
Director........................................Zoey Russo
Producer...........................................................Joel Bassin
A Little More
Background
In the summer 2011, a group
of theater students launched a workshop about the inherent theatricality of
online source material and what happens when these texts mash up on stage as
they mash up in our facebook newsfeed.
Two weeks in, the infamous
Weiner tweet hit the blogosphere and we had the perfect subject to develop a
full-length theater piece of epic innuendo.
Over months of rehearsal, we
cut and spliced the words of pundits, victims, predators, politicians and pop
stars from blogs, newscasts, twitter feeds and maybe a ke$ha into our remixed
version of a Greek Tragedy. We first performed the piece in January
2012 in a university setting. Audiences realized that The Weiner
Monologues did more than recount the headlines of a sex
scandal. It examined our cultural perspective and how it morphs when
filtered by the instant gratification of the internet and our computer screen.
When Anthony Weiner
re-entered the political fray in 2013 as a mayoral candidate, we had a slew of
new material. Cast and audience members alike reached out in the
hopes of remounting the piece. After two years of more sex scandals,
controversies and Miley Cyrus songs, who knows (we certainly donât) what the
re-explored version of The Weiner Monologues will look
like? And that excites us as artists. With a freshened
perspective and dedicated group of creators, weâre ready to revisit the themes
of a piece that was so dear to us two summers ago.
We hope youâll be a part of
it!
