History
Production History
Open Rehearsal Series 2012
Installment #1: Oakwoods by Dano Madden, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012
Installment #2: Scottish Play by Monica Flory, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
Installment #3: Mystic in the Savage State by David A. Miller, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012
Leaving IKEA: a play in two cantos
by Monica Flory & Dano Madden
directed by David A. Miller
June 2012 at the Brooklyn Lyceum
A coming out gone wrong, an angry gnome, and two hundred pounds of Swedish meatballs: welcome to IKEA, friends. Two couples venture through their local Swedish superstore and become trapped in a blue and yellow purgatory, unable to escape until they solve the problems in their ailing relationships. Will they find the arrows that lead them out of this relationship inferno that is IKEA?
Brooklyn Underground: Theatrical Stories from the Green-Wood Cemetery
An original play by The Artful Conspirators from interviews, research and imagination.
Directed by David A. Miller, Artistic Director
Workshop production at the Old Stone House, August 2010
Production at the historic chapel of Green-Wood Cemetery, September – October 2011
For more about Brooklyn Underground.
The Open Rehearsal Series 2011
Installment #1: Foothills Park by Dano Madden
Installment #2: Peter and Alice by Monica Flory
Installment #3: Journeyman of Breuckelen by David A. Miller
For more about the Open Rehearsal Series.
The New Plays Project with the Hadar Foundation
Simple Studios,New York,NY, August 2011
In collaboration with the Richard and Mica Hadar Foundation, professionals from the Conspirators collaborated with young theatre artist scholars from the foundation to develop a new play, The Big Picture by scholar Andrew Greer, in a week-long workshop.
The Artful Party 2011: A Fun(d)raiser
Thanks to everyone who participated in The Artful Party 2011!
Whitman’s Brooklyn
A play about the poet by Dano Madden
August 2009, The Old Stone House, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Inspired by the life & works of the poet & former Brooklyn resident Walt Whitman.
The Second Pipe of Desire
Staged Reading of a new play by David A. Miller
August 2009, The Old Stone House, Brooklyn
Civil war has devastated the Blades of Grass and the former allies, Sergeant Sylph and Major Undine, have become enemies. This play incorporates the language of Walt Whitman and is inspired by his experiences of the American Civil War.
Sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).
Underground: A fun(d)raiser for The Artful Conspirators
at the Old Stone House, June 2010
Survival by Dano Madden
Sam French OOBR Festival 2009
Finalist in the annual national competition. Featuring Lauren Singerman and Evan Mueller. A new one-act play co-produced by the Conspirators.
30 ideas, 3 of them good
The Artful Conspirators pitched 30 theatrical ideas to the audience from those that they developed during a rehearsal/development process. Over the course of the evening, the the artists campaigned for their ideas and the audience then voted on the best idea of the thirty (as well as the worst). The winner, LEAVING IKEA, is now being developed by The Artful Conspirators into a full length piece.
A Lesson in Art
Written & directed by David A. Miller
Headmaster Hugh Bris teaches his students the essentials of art: Be Original! Be Like Me!
The Oral Tradition: A Sacred Rebirthing and Reclaiming of The Hero’s Journey led by Tantalus McQueen
The Oral Tradition conceived by David A. Miller and Holly Adams, developed with The Artful Conspirators and written by David A. Miller
Directed by David A. Miller
A Workshop production of A Lesson in Art performed at Dixon Place’s Puppet Blok, 2008. Performed together in Prospect Theater Company’s Dark Night Series at the West End Theatre, NYC, 2009.
