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Joseph Lavy Receives Seattle Times Footlight Award

  By Akropolis Performance Lab • January 3, 2016 - 1:51 PM , , ,

Co-Artistic Director Joseph Lavy has received a 2015 Seattle Times Footlight Award for solo acting for his performance as Dr. Glas in The Glas Nocturne! Joseph delivered a profoundly powerful performance, and we couldn’t be more proud to see him honored with a Footlight. Thank you to Misha Berson and all the Seattle Times theatre critics for this acknowledgment.

The Glas Nocturne, a subcultural chamber performance experience for small audiences, has had two limited runs in Seattle and one tour. It garnered strong media reviews in its world premiere run, and a scholarly review is forthcoming in the March 2016 issue of Theatre Journal, which is published by the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE).

If you missed the chance to see The Glas Nocturne in 2015, watch for news of a remount or sign up for our waitlist. We plan to bring it back for at least one more run of local performances later in 2016.

Here’s a clip of a segment we call “The Story of the Girl,” filmed during our November tour to the Center for Applied Theatre & Active Culture / New World Performance Lab (Akron OH):

L-R: Joseph Lavy,  Emily Jo Testa, Catherine Lavy, Annie Paladino, and Zhenya Lavy.

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Je Suis le Fils de Quelqu’un

  By Joseph Lavy • December 29, 2015 - 3:55 PM , , , , , ,

Je Suis le Fils de Quelqu’un:
A reflection on touring The Glas Nocturne to Akron OH, November 2015

By Joseph Lavy

“You have the song. You must ask yourself where this song began.” ~J. Grotowski

 

I can’t seem to write the post I want to write.

I want to write a long meditation on heritage and homecomings;
about artistic fathers and family re-membered
over coffee and broken bread;
how the past and the present converged
over wine and rillettes
and how a bottle of aquavit can almost reach the Hour of the Wolf.

I want to write a treatise about the fallacy of linear time

and a Thanksgiving hymn of gratitude
to my colleagues for their faith, talents, and work,
to our hosts for their hospitality,
for artistic homes;

a cry of deep joy
sprung from meeting the challenges of
transforming our performance from one sort of
intimacy to another,
without loss or sacrifice;

a profound parable
of returning and laying it all on the line
before those people–visible and invisible–
who matter the most
and who prove that you are not a vagabond
but that you come from some country,
some landscape
which is still there
and which is you
near or far.

“The Story of the Girl,” segment from Akropolis Performance Lab’s The Glas Nocturne,  Saturday, November 21, 2015, at The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture/New World Performance Lab in Akron OH.  L-R: Joseph Lavy,  Emily Jo Testa, Catherine Lavy, Annie Paladino, and Zhenya Lavy.
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INDUSTRY NIGHT! The Glas Nocturne

Is it ever justifiable to take the life of another human being?

APL Co-Artistic Director Joseph Lavy has adapted Hjalmar Söderberg’s scandalous 1905  fin-de-siecle novel, Doktor Glas (1905), into a noir monodrama of psycho-sexual fixation, moral questioning, and murder unlike anything you have experienced in the theatre.

We have crafted this short, night piece to provide an exquisite audience experience with uncommon access to the action and actors* — and audience size is limited to 10 per show. Prepare for a speakeasy-styled adventure: a clandestine affair, held in a publicly undisclosed location revealed only to invitees.

Features live performances of solo piano nocturnes and evocative Swedish choral settings. The evening also includes a light, after-dinner smörgåsbord and drinks (red wine and our specialty cocktail designed by Old Ballard Liquor Co: The Norwegian Blonde).

Admission for this production is usually by donation (suggested $30 because of the food and drinks), but we never turn anyone away for inability to pay. Industry Night is strictly PWYC.

NOTES ABOUT TIME:

  • Curtain is 8:00 PM. No late seating.
  • We encourage arrivals at 7:30 PM to enjoy the smörgåsbord and ensure you have time to find your way to our location in unpredictable traffic.
  • Run time is ~90 minutes. The show will end by 9:30 PM.
  • A low-key reception/chat with the cast follows. It’s fun. You don’t have to say a thing about the show. We just want to spend time with you if you can stay.

Link to event page for details and to request an invitation.

*The piece does not require audience participation of the kind we all hate. 😉

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The Glas Nocturne

Is it ever justifiable to take the life of another human being?

APL Co-Artistic Director Joseph Lavy has adapted Hjalmar Söderberg’s scandalous 1905  fin-de-siecle novel, Doktor Glas (1905), into a noir monodrama of psycho-sexual fixation, moral questioning, and murder that pushes APL in new directions.

A chamber drama performed for audiences of no more than 10 at a sitting, this is our most intimate offering to date. Features solo piano nocturnes and evocative Swedish choral settings.

We have crafted this short, night piece to provide an exquisite audience experience with uncommon access to the action and actors* — and audience size is limited to 10 per show. Prepare for a speakeasy-styled adventure: a clandestine affair, held in a publicly undisclosed location revealed only to invitees. Start times 8:00 pm Thu, Fri, Sat; 2:00 pm Sun.

Link to event page for details and to request an invitation.

The Doctor Returns! Glas Nocturne reopens Nov 5

  By Akropolis Performance Lab • October 19, 2015 - 10:26 PM , , , , , ,

We are thrilled to announce that we are remounting The Glas Nocturne in Seattle (Nov 5-7 & 12-14) and in Akron OH (Nov 20-21)! The Ohio tour is hosted by Akron’s Center for Applied Theatre & Active Culture / New World Performance Lab. It’s our first tour out of Washington State, and we can’t wait to share this potent piece with new audiences.

Check out our new Glas trailer video, too!

 

Learn more about our Ohio host, the Center for Applied Theatre & Active Culture / New World Performance Lab, on their website.

For you! Recipe for Norwegian Blonde Cocktail

  By Akropolis Performance Lab • July 7, 2015 - 7:41 PM ,

RECIPE card - Norwegian BlondeEveryone who had the Norwegian Blonde at our post-show reception after The Glas Nocturne raved about it, so we are sharing the recipe with you! It’s designed by Old Ballard Liquor Co and made with their scrumptious, caraway infused Riktig Aquavit. #GlasNocturne

Click here for the PDF: RECIPE card – Norwegian Blonde

Reviews Are In & Word Is Out About Our Secret Performance

  By Akropolis Performance Lab • May 26, 2015 - 12:25 PM , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“Poets say the moon is passionate and desirous. Others see an ethical-religious meaning in moonlight. Youth sees the moon as a promise of all those tremendous things which await it; The old find a memento that the promise was never kept, a reminder of all that broke and went to pieces. And what is moonlight?” | Joseph Lavy as Dr. Glas | Photo: Joe Patrick Kane

Although we restricted marketing for The Glas Nocturne to social media and word-of-mouth, word has gotten out quite well. So well, in fact, that we are extending our run by a full week beyond our initial expectation!

If you haven’t yet gotten a seat, we have just 30 available between now and June 7.

Check out some of what’s being said about this truly remarkable performance!

Just 30 seats remain through June 7, so act quickly to get your invitation!

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