Nature Theater of Oklahoma
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The Nature Theater of Oklahoma is a New York City-based performance art group, named after the novel Amerika by Franz Kafka.[1] The company was founded in 2006 by Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska.[2]
Ensemble member Kelly Copper described the company's artistic practice this way:
We start out with some extremely basic question, like: What’s the least thing we can do and have it be a show? Will it be a show if there is no script? If we just stand there in front of a curtain? If we open the curtain, is it then a show? If we use only our phone conversations for dialogue but we’re wearing costumes, does that make them into a play? At the heart of our investigation is this wondering about the tipping point—when does it turn into theater?[3]
The company is also notable for their podcast, OK Radio, which ran from 2012 to 2013 and included interviews with such luminaries of alternative theatre as Richard Foreman, Young Jean Lee, Oskar Eustis, David Harbour, Anne Bogart, and Annie Dorsen.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Costa, Maddy (30 April 2013). "'Theatre is awkward, weird and dirty': Nature Theatre of Oklahoma head this way". The Guardian.
- ^ "Foundation for Contemporary Arts". Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
- ^ "Interview: Nature Theater of Oklahoma". BOMB Magazine.
- ^ OK Radio https://oktheater.libsyn.com/.
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