April 2013
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SHADOWS, by John Cassavetes | May 16 - June 1 | ...
Hoi Polloi announces a remount of ouracclaimed stage adaptation of John Cassavetes’ collaboratively-created film,Shadows, considered a watershed in the birth of American independent cinema. Performances are at JACK, the new performance venue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
The New York Times: “(Shadows) offers audacity, invention and talent… Cassavetes would be proud.”
Time Out New York: “Shadows...
December 2012
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SHADOWS returns
Hoi Polloi is thrilled to announce a remount of our critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of John Cassavetes’ SHADOWS, which will run May 16 - June 1 at our new arts space, JACK, in Clinton Hill. Visit www.jackny.org/theater for more details.
September 2012
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Hoi Polloi debuts The Georges
The Georges is Hoi Polloi’s newest creation — a monster that won’t shut up. Featuring Jason Quarles, Julian Rozzell, Jr., Steven Leffue and Alec Duffy, The Georges is the house band at JACK (www.jackny.org). Check the JACK website for future dates. What IS it? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
August 2012
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BAAL ends, and new life begins.
We had a great run of Brecht’s Baal, the inaugural show at our new arts space, JACK, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Here’s are reviews that appeared in New York Theatre Review, at The New York Times, Examiner.com, at the Performance Club, at TransplantNYC, and at Kippy Winston.
Jason Quarles and Julian Rozzell, Jr. inBaal. Photo by Ryan Jensen.
We’re now turning our attention...
May 2012
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April 2012
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A new step for Hoi Polloi
We are opening a performance space, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn! The space is called JACK — named after Artistic Director Alec Duffy’s grandfather, Jack Duffy, who combined a passion for community (in his work as a minister) with a deep love of theater. The site is a former garage, right around the corner from the Clinton-Washington stop on the C train, at 507 Waverly Ave between...
Hoi Polloi presents ALARMED at Little Theatre -...
(an excerpt of a work in progress): with Dutch actress Abke Haring (company member of Toneelhuis, Antwerp) directed by Alec Duffy music by Steven Leffue costumes by Becky Lasky with Hoi Polloi actors Jason Quarles and Julian Rozzell, Jr.
Part of a larger line-up.
Monday, April 8, 2013 — 7:30 p.m. @ the new Dixon Place 161A Chrystie btw. Delancey & Rivington (F/V 2nd Ave; 6 Bleecker;...
March 2012
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The New York Times on "All Hands": "a creative...
http://theater.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/theater/reviews/all-hands-by-hoi-polloi-at-incubator-arts-project.html
Arthur Aulisi, Saori Tsukada, Jason Quarles, Prentice Onayemi, Marty Brown and Stephanie Shipp surround Evan Greene. Photo by Ryan Jensen.
An amazing opening night. Full house, warm crowds...
February 2012
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We're loading in to the I.A.P. this week --...
January 2012
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Hoi Polloi just got word that we received a Lower...
December 2011
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The New York Times shows Hoi Polloi some...
“PUTTING THE STREET IN STREET THEATER At a climactic moment in Hoi Polloi’s clever adaptation of the John Cassavetes 1959 film classic “Shadows” — staged by Alec Duffy in a former garage in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — a front door slides upward, and the actors, in character, race out onto Metropolitan Avenue, introducing with a rush a vast additional dimension to the play’s jazzy urban...
"All Hands" hits March 8 - 31 at the Incubator...
Robert Quillen Camp writes! Alec Duffy directs! Dave Malloy composes! Mimi Lien, James Clotfelter and Jessica Pabst design! Dan Safer choreographs! 20 amazing actors perform! More info soon…
November 2011
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Hoi Polloi got our first grant from New York State...
The New York Times: Shadows "offers audacity,...
Read the full review HERE.
Time Out New York: FOUR STARS! "Sensually...
Read the full review by Helen Shaw here:
October 2011
4 posts
"Shadows" is a Time Out New York Critic's Pick!
Only two weekends left — get your tix now…
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/201940
"SHADOWS" opens tonight!
Mikeah Ernest Jennings and Julian Rozzell, Jr. in action. Come check it out this weekend! Thursday - Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 7 pm. The Collapsable Hole, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. http://hoipolloiworld.tumblr.com/what’s_happening_next
September 2011
11 posts
This is a song from ZOETROPE, a Hoi Polloi project...
We could use some interns/assistants!
Hoi Polloi is seeking interns/assistants for our current adaptation of John Cassavetes’ Shadows. Great opportunity to get in on this cool process. Write alecduffy AT hoipolloiworld.com for more info…
Mushroomsongs →
A sound collage of Hoi Polloi’s time in Finland with the theater company Circus Maximus.
First rehearsal tonight of "Shadows" -- VERY...
What a gang. . .
At the Helsinki airport with some pretty cool folks right now, getting ready to head back to the States: Paola Di Tolla, Eliza Bent, Nikki Calonge and Mimi Lien. Postcards are in the mail, the Jallovina (Finnish brandy) is in our checked luggage, and the taste of lingonberries is still in our mouths…
Our final day in Finland. . . for now.
We had our send-off party last night in Helsinki with the crew from the theater company Circus Maximus. Sad to say goodbye, but we know it’s only temporary. We’ve been cooking up a performance piece that will premiere in Helsinki in fall 2012 and New York in spring 2013.
Watchmarjanpoimija:
Hoi Polloi and Circus Maximus begin our collaboration in Helsinki.
Finland!
Six of us are heading to Finland tomorrow to collaborate for two weeks with the experimental Helsinki-based troupe Circus Maximus. We’ll keep you posted on the road!
