January 2012
2 posts
Hoi Polloi just got word that we received a Lower...
December 2011
2 posts
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
5 posts
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!