An interactive exhibit of images, objects, video, and live performance from the theatrical practice of Logan Gabrielle Schulman and Benjamin Behrend will be presented at the Old City Jewish Arts Center (OCJAC) throughout June, and opens the First Friday of June (6/4) at 5pm. It features filmed performances and multimedia art objects from “the theatre of grief,” a series of four theatrical works created over the last three years in the wake of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh, PA in 2018.

Additionally, OCJAC is ecstatic to present an original performance adapted from rituals within Schulman and Behrend’s theatrical practice over four showings, two per night, on Friday June 25th and July 2nd at 5:30pm and 7pm, featuring live musical accompaniment, dance, and puppetry. Between the two performances, at 6pm, there will be a conversation with the performer, artists Schulman and Behrend, and Aleida Garcia, a Philadelphia community leader, victim advocate, and the founder of the National Homicide Justice Alliance. In describing their aims, Schulman said they hope that their works function to both encourage active reflection in the viewer, as well as activate them to move towards justice and common sense gun legislation. “Sadly, gun violence has become so widespread and commonplace in the U.S. that it is almost too easy for someone to move on with their day after learning of an instance of violence,” says Schulman. “These performances and associated visual works seek to force the audience to reckon with the ripple-effect of each and every single loss — how a single family’s existence is irrevocably upended at the loss of a child.”

Today on the podcast, director Ozzie Jones drops in to talk about the production of “Pass Over”, written by Antionette Nwandu, co-produced by Theatre Exile and Theatre in the X. Here is my interview with Ozzie Jones.

Today on the podcast, LaNeshe Miller-White, Executive Director of Theatre Philadelphia stops in to talk about the 2021 installment of Philly Theatre Week presented April 22nd through May 2nd. This is the first interview I have had with LaNeshe since accepting the position of Executive Director in August 2020. Here is my interview with LaNeshe Miller-White for Philly Theatre Week. Stay Tuned!

Today on the podcast, Thaddeus Phillips talks about his latest theatrical experience, Zoo Motel, a quarantined experiment that explores what is possibile in virtual live performance. Get your room key, locate the ice machine, here is my interview with Thaddeus Phillips. Stay Tuned!