GLOSSY Exclusive!

By Veronica F. Lupin

Mr. Emery, thank you for agreeing to meet with Glossy, I’m a big fan.
Me too.

You’ve been called the Voice of your Generation.  Do you feel that title comes with a sense of responsibility?
Well – sure.  To be the voice of your generation is always a responsibility. It’s just– you know.  How responsible can one be?

You’ve already experienced amazing success at such a young age.  Where do you see yourself twenty years from now?
Dead.
(Laughter)
You find that funny?

Not optimistic for a long career?
Well, I mean, look at whose died. Great talent has died young. And with the lives that they’ve lead – how does that make me any different, y’know.

Sounds like you believe this is something you were meant to do.
Yeah.  It’s not something I want to do, but it’s something that… Clearly… (a pause.) What magazine is this again?

Glossy.
Pretty girls on the cover? Yeah, I know that magazine.

Do you think of yourself as primarily a singer or as a poet?
(long pause) Neither.

What do you think of yourself as?
I’m gonna leave it at that.

How would you classify your music?
I’d say it’s pretty good.

Could you tell us a little bit about your creative process?
(pause.) No. (pause) My creative process is mine.

Plans for your first European tour are in the works.  How do you think your reception will be different in Europe than here in the States?
I can’t wait for that. They love us. Back over in Europe, they’re very appreciative of um – American music.  I’m very excited to go there.  Plus there, I could y’know, have some beer maybe over in Germany because–

Right.  You’re not even twenty-one yet.
Shh!

Are you currently seeing anybody special?
No.  No I’m not.  Why, are you interested?
Who, me?
Yeah.
Hey I’m just doing my job here.
That red dress you have on is very stimulating, I have to say.
“Stimulating”?
A little bit.
Okay.  Well that’s actually the last question I have for you, so–
No! Come on–
Thank you for your time.

[ANDY TAKES A HUSBAND premiers this weekend at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Studio 6.  Friday, July 30th @8:00PM, Saturday, July 31st @8:00PM, and Sunday, August 1st @ 2:00PM and 6:00PM. All performances are free. Email reservations@icbins.com for your tickets.]

Published in: on July 29, 2010 at 1:41 am  Leave a Comment  
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Where in the World is Andy Hart?

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making the play

We are nearly two weeks away from the opening of Andy Takes a Husband at Stella Adler, and what a tremendous relief it is to unburden myself of the play that caused me so much grief during its incubation and watch the characters come to life in the hands of the actors.  This is the part that makes it all worth it, folks:

Cecilia and Roman's "Pietá"

Oh Roman, Oh Roman, Oh Roman

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Published in: on July 14, 2010 at 8:54 pm  Leave a Comment  
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ICBINS is Back!

I am thrilled to announce that I Can’t Believe It’s Not Shakespeare has been working on a very (a)rousing new project by our always fruitful writer (not to mention the artistic director of ICBINS), Julia Rae Maldonado.

ICBINS is collaborating with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting for this workshop production of Andy Takes a Husband, a new comedy about a troubled young American sex symbol.

This performance will be FREE to the public!

Our Stella Adler actors include:  Jesse Barrera, Isabelle Zufferey Boulton, Julian Conde and Nao Dobashi.

Performances will be the last weekend in July! More details and reservation info to come later this week!

Published in: on July 13, 2010 at 2:36 pm  Leave a Comment  
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next up, new comedy by M.F.P.

also, it takes place at *this* college

So we don’t know the title of Manuel Perez’s new comedy yet, but the author tells us the new draft is HOT (capital letters).  We do, however, know that its next up for our reading series on Oct 17.

Collaborators include: Grace Aldridge, Sophie Aung, Ronit Aranoff, Jeremy Ferdman, Lauren B. Ferrel, Theresa Giacopasi, Erik Gullberg, Julia Rae Maldonado, Manuel F. Perez and Kire Tosevski.

Published in: on October 5, 2009 at 5:35 pm  Leave a Comment  
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the actor is the instrument

"That's it kitty, breeeeeeeath"

"That's it kitty, breeeeeeeath"

Recently I’ve started an acting conservatory program at Stella Adler, which includes a round of classes including a voice and speech class – a technical aspect of training that any actor will tell you is unthinkable to neglect.  Early in the term, voice and speech class has mostly consisted of my classmates and I lying on our backs and breathing deeply.  As I stared at the ceiling and imagined my intercostal muscles spreading apart, I couldn’t help but consider how this strange work to playwriting:

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Published in: on September 25, 2009 at 6:00 pm  Comments (1)  
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ICBINS to read Trailer Park Special

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Next up in our reading series will be Trailer Park Special: A White Trash Black Comedy by Alicia Frank.  Collaborators  on the project will be: Michael Abourizk, Ronit Aranoff,  Matt Berger, Stacey Bone, Alicia Frank, Lauren B. Ferrel, Melissa Lusk, Julia Rae Maldonado, and Manuel Perez.

Schedule to begin work September 26th, 2009.

Published in: on September 11, 2009 at 4:09 pm  Leave a Comment  
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A Fresh Take on Shakespeare

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Occasionally, my facebook wife and fellow ICBINS business partner Julia will invite me along to some off-off-off production or workshop and I’m usually skeptical and almost always half-dreading it in the days preceding.  But one thing remains constant: I am ALWAYS proven wrong and end up enjoying the hell out of the performances.  Never again will I doubt her.  This past weekend Julia asked if I’d come see NYNEO’s workshop performance of William Shakespeare’s Henry VI.  To be honest I had never read this play or seen a production of it before and I was a little unsure of how I’d receive it.  You see, a few years ago Denzel Washington shot me with a tranquilizer gun, wait no – I saw him in an excruciatingly soporific Broadway rendition of Julius Caesar, and since then I’ve been afraid of falling asleep through Shakespeare. (more…)

Published in: on August 26, 2009 at 3:13 pm  Comments (3)  
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college you broke my heart but now i’m over it for real

Winnemuccaahh the 2009 school year approaches.  another soul-shaking reminder that we’re out in the real world now.  speaking for myself, i still haven’t forgiven College for throwing me out on my ass like an old used up girlfriend when I was always so good to him – so good.

but you know what? you know what, College?  i’m glad it’s over.  turns out things are pretty all right here out here in the cold.  and by cold i mean my 90+ degree non-airconditioned convent cell that I’m forced to live in because i had to pay for you and now i have no money.

just so happens lots of us NYU-exes are keeping busy this august.  this friday, I’m planning on catching Dan Moyer’s play Winnemucca at The Fringe which has been getting great reviews.  especially looking forward to this because last october, icbins had the pleasure of hosting a reading of an earlier draft as part of our reading series.

also, our pals at new york neo classical continue to be the shit.  Yesterday, i saw their workshop of Henry VI (abridged) directed by our favorite, Bill Griffin.  i love these guys.  even as it continues to evolve, Henry VI was every bit as much of a pleasure as their spring production of Measure for Measure.

more good stuff from us ex-tischies to come in 2009 i’m sure, even as we welcome the freshly dumped class-of-2009 into our comforting open arms.

- j.

You got one more chance to catch Winnemucca at The Fringe – Friday, August 28th at Venue #5, The Lafayette St. Theatre @ Theaters at 45 Bleeker.   Performances by Jenni Putney, Grayson DeJesus & Will Brill, written by Dan Moyer & directed by Wren Graves. Buy tickets here.

Published in: on August 23, 2009 at 8:31 pm  Leave a Comment  
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a fear of commitment

Doing much better than when i last checked in.  finished my draft of The Play That Was Lost yesterday at an airport terminal – again. (incidentally wondering if The Play That Was Lost is a better title than the one I’m currently working with.)

fuck yes

fuck yes

there are few good feelings like the exhilaration of finishing a draft of a play but this time i feel tremendous relief to be moving on to other projects – some short form, completing that screenplay, etc.. And although i have little justification for feeling this way, i’ve been scolding myself for months for taking too long and doing too much work on what is essentially a first draft. my gut is telling me that i must have done something wrong to be trudging along in the mud and obsessing over and incessantly tweaking this silly draft in a way i’ve never obsessed or tweaked before.

Am i being a little mean to myself?  To expand on some themes Chiara touched on in her last post…  How can a young writer ever measure how successfully they are doing their job? by the number of completed works? by hours spent plugging away? cups of coffee consumed? What?

as unanswerable a question as this should be, there are always those with strong opinions indeed:

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