They Touch In Flood Trailer

They Touch In Flood: A physical exploration of our desire to love. Conceived and choreographed by Tommy LeweyDirected by Michael Burke "How do they do it? They ones who make love without love." Sex is a primal and carnal urge, innate within the facility of the human animal, while love is something earned, developed and constantly changing. Performances: + Friday, August 20 at 10:30 pm + Saturday, August 21 at 4:30 pm + Tuesday, August 24 at 6:00 pm + Wednesday, August 25 at 9:00 pm + Saturday, August 28 at 3:00 pm + Sunday, August 29 at 10:30 pm Tickets: $10 (plus one-time purchase of Fringe Backer-Button) For more information please visit: www.paperstrangers.org www.indyfringe.org

paperStrangers on the Road - Tenessee

Thanks to Grammy Burke the paperStrangers took a day off after three full days of intense cross country travel. Special Feature: Lady Gaga facts brought to you by Alexander Wright (Michael's brother)!

paperStrangers on the road - Vegas & the Grand Canyon!!

Some poignant updates from our brief stops in Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.....
Trust us, if you ever have a chance to see the sun rise in the Grand Canyon....DO IT!

A summary of LA....thus far

Ryan, Scarlett and Michael (with a Melissa guest spot) sum up our time in LA. Look out for the shout-outs and review recaps!

Reviews from LA!!

Hollywood Fringe Festival Review from LA Weekly:
GO -  EURIPIDES' MEDEA 
Coups de théâtre abound in this haunting adaptation from wunderkind director Michael Burke and his Indianapolis-based paperStrangers Performance Group. Burke, who also choreographs and designs the show's brilliantly inventive feathered costumes, set pieces, video projections and lighting, pares Euripides' text to its brutal, psychic core. Melissa Fenton's sympathetic Medea is a tour de force of blistering anguish and unbridled rage spilling into infanticidal madness. Kellen York's aloof Jason is the emotionally detached bastard who done her wrong. An eerie, wraithlike chorus externalizes inner demons in ritualistic dance. And Burke's breathtakingly theatrical denouement is not to be missed. Dorie Theater at the Complex, 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A.; Thurs.-Sun., 7 p.m.; through June 27. (866) 811-4111. (Bill Raden/L.A. Weekly)


http://www.laweekly.com/2010-06-24/stage/theater-reviews-hollywood-fringe-festival/3

Hollywood Fringe Festival Review from LA Theatre Review:

Eurpides’ Medea at the Complex Theatre

by Rachel Jenkins~

The arrival of the chorus in the entrance way to the theatre instantaneously brings us into their world where we find TV static projected over a still-standing Jason (Kellen York) & Medea (Melissa Fenton). Using a combination of Eurpides’ text, text adaptation, multimedia, choreographed movement & a whole lot of feathers we are taken through the pain of Jason’s betrayal, Medea’s response and an extremely visually stimulating representation of the emotions that drives her actions.

Director Michael Burke made an interesting & powerful decision by having the children represented by smiling, hanging dummies upstage center. Always there. Always watching. The chorus was perfectly in sync, used in a way that would have made the Greeks proud. Telling the story, echoing what needed emphasized and breaking off to play roles as needed. Fenton created a multilayered Medea that allowed for understanding & sympathy even as she stood over her gutted children. On the other hand, York needs to go. He did not speak a sincere word. He felt nothing & neither did we. His lack of anything simply boosts my praise of Fenton for making so much out of the nothing he gave her.

This retelling, without stating why, provides answers to how a mother could murder her children, a question one often still has at the end of seeing Medea.Simply stated, Burke’s Medea is new, beautiful & stimulating. Go find out how such a story can be told so well in so little space & time.

Medea plays June 25, 26 & 27 at 7pm.

http://www.latheatrereview.com/2010/06/25/fringe-day-nine-friday-june-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fringe-day-nine-friday-june-25

Mini-Update from LA

Just a quick update from Ryan en route to a publicity thing. Less than three minutes and totally worth it.

Almost to LA.....

 Days 2 and 3 of the cross country journey!

DISCLAIMER:
To be honest, we were rather tired. And we had all spent a minimum of 48 hours together. So the majority of this vlog contains no actual beneficial information for you faithful viewers. But do not let that stop you because I assure you this vlog is pure experience. Watch. Enjoy. And come back tomorrow for our Hollywood Adventures.

paperStrangers on the Road

Welcome to our first vlog on the road!
Ryan and Scarlett bring you the first installment of the Backsteat Diaries: Oklahoma City.
Be advised...everything we describe actually happened.

paperStrangers on Tour - Week Two

Week two brings our time at CincyFringe to a close...
Check out how we spent our time in the Queen City and some reflections on our time spent here.
And check back next week as we vlog ON THE ROAD!

paperStrangers on Tour - Week One

The Strangers are officially on the road and ready to give Cincy Fringe a taste of Medea....

Get to know the the touring cast and check back soon for more updates.