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Artifacts of Consequence
By Ashlin Halfnight
Directed by Andrew Lazarow
Nov. 5th – Nov. 22nd; Thurs. - Mon. @ 8PM; One matinee, Sun. Nov. 22 @ 2PM
@ The Little Theatre (608 19th Ave E)
Artifacts of Consequence premiered in New York City in 2009, co-produced by Electric Pear Productions and PL115, and directed by Kristjan Thor.
Clips from our beginnings in Cincinnati through our Seattle premiere of Will Eno’s TRAGEDY: a tragedy. Original Music by Matt Starritt.
On Stage Nov. 5 -Nov. 22;
Thurs. - Mon. @ 8PM;
One matinee, Sun. Nov. 22 @ 2 PM
@ The Little Theatre;
608 19th Ave E;
or call (206)909-1725;
Directed by Andrew Lazarow
“A tale of survival in a labyrinth of love, legacy, and American leftovers.”
America is ruined. Our infrastructure has collapsed. In Elliott Bay, a select group of people take refuge in an underwater bunker. Their task: Perpetuate America’s Legacy – Protect the Colony. One of them, 17-year-old Ari, has little memory of the outside world. But when an unexpected visitor arrives, she finally discovers her libido. As their relationship heats up, the situation above worsens, and resources run out. You decide what ‘Artifacts’ are kept and what is flushed to sea. Our legacy is yours to maintain. How will you choose?
Featuring Adrienne Clark, Quinn Franzen, Spike Friedman, Lauren Hester, Alex Matthews, Nathan Sorseth, Lindsey Valitchka, and Greta Wilson
Artifacts of Consequence premiered in New York City in 2009, co-produced by Electric Pear Productions and PL115, and directed by Kristjan Thor.
The Satori Group will be presenting two special events as part of Theatre Puget Sound’s 2009 Live Theatre Week Festival running from October 12th through October 19th. We’d love to have you join us!
You can read more about all the great events happening as part of Live Theatre Week by visiting Seattle Performs. For more information about Satori’s offerings, read on:
Open Training Day-
Center House Theatre
Wednesday, October 14th, 6:00-9:00PM
Since its inception the Satori Group has trained consistently as an ensemble. Want to know what that means? Come join the Satori Group and other Seattle artists as we explore a variety of approaches to developing performance and performer. All levels of participation are welcome and encouraged. Please come ready to move.
Workshop Showing: Artifacts of Consequence
Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave
Friday, October 16th, 7:30-9:30PM
Please join us on October 16th for a special workshop showing of ARTIFACTS OF CONSEQUENCE performed at Theater Schmeater. The Satori Group develops each production in its Laboratory, a space where works are researched, rehearsed, designed, taken apart, put back together, and exhibited for small audiences. This is your chance get a sneak peak at our next production. We’ll be showing our work thus far and asking for some feedback. Come and be a part of our process!
RSVP by emailing satorigroup@gmail.com or call 206.909.1725
I shot a commercial today where I played a stupid tourist spinning in a circle for a stop motion commercial. The only reason they used real people was probably because we were cheaper than CGI (and probably worth less as well). I was thinking a lot about training, and I caught myself in a weirdly lucid moment. It reminded me of when I used to be a fighter both as a child and then through high school until I had to move on. But some things came with me.
There’s a moment at the start of every title fight when the challenger steps into the ring for the first round and gets clocked in the chin for the first time by a swift jab from the champ. It is, without a doubt, the heaviest punch he’s ever felt, whether thrown with as much power as he expected or not. The blow snaps his head back against his spine and shudders down his back to his center, not just his center of mass, but the center of his soul. For a microsecond the crowd, the lights, the publicity, all of it, disappears and he’s reduced to an animal, just a human being. Just a man who can so easily be broken. The greatest fighters never forget that moment. You can see the look on the challenger’s face. All the fire drains from his eyes. He’s rocked back on his heels and his face goes blank. He realizes, not intellectually, but on a deeper level and all at once, that all the workouts and all the hype mean nothing. If he’s lucky, he’ll reach deep back behind his eyes, behind a wall built by the hardened s ones of expectation; and naked behind his crumbling dreams, he’ll fine resolve. He’ll uncover something buried deep in his soul that had been growing all along. No matter how strong his wall is, built by practice, sweat, blood, ego: it suddenly doesn’t count. It crumbles behind the force of a single punch with one vicarious, fetid roar from the crowd. And it’s what’s behind that wall that matters. It’s what built that wall that counts. In a single moment, legends are born, or they crumble apart and die. Even bad fighters usually keep going. They’ve practiced and trained: their legs keep moving and their arms keep swinging like they’ve been taught. But they are, in a word, finished.
There’s no amount of preparation that prepares you for that moment. Every second, every person you’ve met in your life decides what you’ve got inside that wall when it comes down. If the challenger finds something behind that wall, you’ll see the fire come back, slowly. It’s either there or it isn’t. Some find it difficult to understand, but no matter what the outcome of the fight, that first punch decides the entire career, the entire life of the fighter; it is the thing that separates the competent from the good and the good from the great. Next time you see a fight, watch the first punch and look to the eyes. They’ll tell you everything you want to know. And when every moment on stage feels like that punch, then you’re an actor. And that is why we train. That is why we train. That’s why we gave up careers in public service, money, fame. That’s why we left home, then did it again. That’s why whenever anyone says we’re crazy and we should grow up, we know we are and that we probably should. And that’s exactly why we train.
