About this project
Imagine you could have a perfect conversation every time, getting exactly what you want from the other person. Katharine, the main character in this show, has a theory she thinks will help you do just that. And after every show she'll invite the audience to join her for free wine, snacks, and conversation, so they can test out her theory.
Read more about the piece in this article posted on the Philadelphia Live Arts & Fringe Festival blog.
Written & performed by Alexis Clements
Directed by Rosalie Purvis
Production management by Norberto Briceno
“As a playwright, Alexis Clements walks a jagged line between theatre, performance art and installation art.” – Dyana Kimball in Out of Time & Place: An Anthology of Plays by Members of the Women’s Project Playwrights Lab
We're mounting the show's world premiere at the 2010 Philly Fringe Festival (details below), but we need your help to do it!
Visit the show's website to learn more about it, as well as the process of producing the show:
www.theconversationbegins.org
As a Backer:
Your funds will help to pay for such things as: technical staff, liability insurance, props, costume, travel to Philly, accommodation, lighting, printing of programs, postcards, and press kits.
In return, besides our undying appreciation, we'll give you a whole bevy of conversational treats (mentioned in the menu to your right, some of which are pictured below).
Conversational Warfare Postcard
Conversational Stickers
"I Need" Conversation Postcard
View a Conversation Plate In Action here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Philly Fringe Show Details:
9, 11, 12 Sept 2010 @ 8.00pm
10 September 2010 @ 6.30pm
Ethical Society (basement)
1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Ticket available soon!
Additional tour dates in the works!
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Get your name in the program for Conversation's world premiere and have it listed on the Conversation web site. Plus you'll get your very own Conversation sticker, mailed to you with love.
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Get your name in the program for Conversation's world premiere and have it listed on the Conversation web site. Plus you'll get your very own Conversation sticker, a set of 4 limited edition Conversation postcards, Conversation stationery and greeting cards AND an invitation for 2 to attend a private rehearsal in Brooklyn OR 2 tickets to see the show in Philadelphia.
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Get your name in the program for Conversation's world premiere and have it listed on the Conversation web site. Plus you'll get your very own Conversation sticker, a set of 4 limited edition Conversation postcards, Conversation stationery and greeting cards, an invitation for 2 to attend a private rehearsal in Brooklyn OR 2 tickets to see the show in Philadelphia AND a limited edition, custom-designed, melamine, dishwasher safe set of 2 Conversation plates.
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Get your name in the program for Conversation's world premiere and have it listed on the Conversation web site. Plus you'll get your very own Conversation sticker, a set of 4 limited edition Conversation postcards, Conversation stationery and greeting cards, an invitation for 4 to attend a private rehearsal in Brooklyn OR 4 tickets to see the show in Philadelphia, a limited edition, custom-designed, melamine, dishwasher safe set of 2 Conversation plates AND a signed copy of a book containing the play delivered by the writer over coffee or tea (when and where possible--Skype conversation also available).
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Get your name in the program for Conversation's world premiere and have it listed on the Conversation web site. Plus you'll get your very own Conversation sticker, a set of 4 limited edition Conversation postcards, Conversation stationery and greeting cards, an invitation for 4 to attend a private rehearsal in Brooklyn OR 4 tickets to see the show in Philadelphia, a limited edition, custom-designed, melamine, dishwasher safe set of 2 Conversation plates, a signed copy of a book containing the play delivered by the writer over a homemade dinner by the artist (when and where possible--Skype conversation and food by delivery also available)
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You can any of the above that you want, and I will personally present the show for you and an audience of no more than 20 people of your choosing (NYC or Philly area preferred, travel to other cities and dates negotiable).
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Alexis Clements is a writer, performer, and pamphleteer currently based in New York City. An alumna of the Women's Project Playwrights Lab, a former fellow of the Dramatists Guild of America, recipient of two Puffin Foundation Artist Grants, and a Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation grant, she writes plays, short stories, articles, and reviews, and is the founder of New Acquisition. Her work has been produced and published in both the US and the UK. Recent theatrical productions include: Place ReImagined (New York, NY); Your Own Personal Apocalypse (New York, NY); The Interview (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland, UK); Causality (Wheeling, WV); Three Choices (Chesterfield, UK); Pieces (Washington, DC, & Iowa City, IA); Class and The Great American Novel (Washington, DC); Finding Words and Unfettered (Kansas City, MO). She is the co-editor of the two-volume anthology of plays, Out of Time & Place, which includes her performance piece, Conversation. Her plays, Pieces and Three Choices, have been published by KNOCK. Her short stories have appeared in a handful of literary magazines and collections, including two different anthologies published by Route (UK), Bonne Route and Ideas Above Our Station, and also in the Guardian. Her articles and reviews have appeared in magazines and newspapers such as The Brooklyn Rail, Nature, Aesthetica, and Travel New England. She regularly writes about theater and performance art for The L Magazine. She has a M.Sc. in Philosophy & History of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Emerson College.
