[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"siteSettings-header":3,"production-methods-in-madness":6,"navigation":288},{"header_cta":4,"header_cta_url":5},"Get Tickets","/productions/fear-wonder",[7],{"id":8,"status":9,"date_created":10,"date_updated":11,"user_created":12,"user_updated":13,"title":14,"slug":15,"tagline":16,"playwright":17,"director":18,"season":19,"opening_date":20,"closing_date":21,"meta_title":22,"meta_description":22,"poster_image":23,"description":24,"content":25,"featured":33,"carousel_title":22,"events":45,"Venue":46,"funders":59,"Crew":74,"Cast":225,"gallery":259,"carousel_items":287},"882a5546-22d6-4533-868d-f64556e57144","published","2026-04-04T12:34:26.863Z","2026-04-26T12:46:15.476Z","330cdc5a-6d3f-456c-aec8-de6c0e72ce85","99317c0d-dc7d-4f50-b644-c6316824f718","Methods in Madness","methods-in-madness","What’s the price of so-called “genius?”","Corey Allen","Heather Cohn","2024","2024-11-04","2024-11-24",null,"4665898e-39f0-4df4-b5e5-feaebebe0ea7","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>When an artist sets out to investigate the line between art and madness, he finds himself in a dangerous dance with existential questions:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Does it heal or harm us? \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Must artists suffer?\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>What’s the price of so-called “genius?”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Why create art? \u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Methods in Madness\u003C/em> is a theatrical experiment + autopsy + installation that aims to examine the creative process and correlations between mental health and artistry.  Helmed by multidisciplinary artist  and Flux Creative Partner Corey Allen—whose visual art and performances, inspired by the works of James Baldwin, Beauford Delaney, Nina Simone, and Julius Eastman, anchor the installation—\u003Cem>Methods in Madness\u003C/em> will evolved daily. Featuring interactive media, surprise guest respondents and select excerpts of Allen’s play \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Polly, a dumbshow for smart people desperate to survive the fallout\u003C/em>\u003C/strong>, the experience invited audiences to interrogate the challenges of navigating an absurd world while considering their own artistic journeys. Originally co-produced with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.bricktheater.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Brick\u003C/a>, Corey's \u003Cem>Methods in Madness\u003C/em> project continues, with art & audio design available to witness \u003Ca href=\"https://methodsinmadness.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>",{"time":26,"blocks":27,"version":44},1777207573990,[28],{"id":29,"type":30,"data":31},"q2V3_DYYFT","image",{"caption":32,"withBorder":33,"withBackground":33,"stretched":33,"file":34},"Pictured: Alisha Spielmann, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Anna Rahn Bazán, Chris Wight. Full gallery below, all photos by Isaiah Tanenbaum.",false,{"width":35,"height":36,"size":37,"name":38,"title":39,"extension":40,"fileId":41,"fileURL":42,"url":43},2560,1707,"1866029","MiM approved 1.jpg","Mi M Approved 1","jpg","098ca615-4456-4f06-b731-68ad15c9c9d6","/files/098ca615-4456-4f06-b731-68ad15c9c9d6","/assets/098ca615-4456-4f06-b731-68ad15c9c9d6","2.30.7",[],[47],{"venues_id":48},{"id":49,"status":9,"date_created":50,"date_updated":22,"user_created":13,"user_updated":22,"name":51,"slug":52,"address":53,"city":54,"state":55,"zip":56,"capacity":22,"website":57,"maps_url":58,"photo":22},"93cd2827-02a7-40a0-8eb2-7401a677d4f5","2026-04-25T12:01:02.805Z","The Brick Theater","the-brick-theater","579 Metropolitan Avenue","Brooklyn","NY","11211","https://www.bricktheater.com/","https://maps.app.goo.gl/CGG9p65cfJmXG3kk6",[60,67],{"id":61,"productions_id":8,"funder_id":62},3,{"name":63,"slug":64,"image":65,"url":66},"New York State Council on the Arts","nysca","3bd30a00-3e41-4be8-b9f8-9acc171560aa","https://arts.ny.gov/",{"id":68,"productions_id":8,"funder_id":69},4,{"name":70,"slug":71,"image":72,"url":73}," New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) ","dcla","d204550f-7451-4deb-88c7-fab49d8a665f","https://www.nyc.gov/site/dcla/index.page",[75,85,94,102,111,120,128,137,145,154,163,171,180,187,194,201,210,217],{"title":76,"content":22,"sort":77,"person":78},"Lead Organizer, METHODS IN MADNESS",1,{"first_name":79,"last_name":80,"slug":81,"headshot":82,"bio":83,"pronouns":84},"Jason","Tseng","jason-tseng","04758ce1-78b3-475b-9c90-d08502fcd1db","\u003Cp>Jason Tseng, is a queer, non-binary Chinese-American playwright, with roots in New York City and Washington D.C. Their plays have been presented, developed by various theater companies and festivals across the nation, including Flux Theatre Ensemble, Judson Arts, Mission to dit(Mars), Second Generation, Downtown Urban Arts Festival, LA Queer New Works Festival, the BIPOC Playwrights Festival, New American Voices Playwrights Festival (Semi-Finalist), Southern Queer Playwrights Festival (Hon. Mention), Eugene O’Neil Playwrights Conference (Semi-Finalist), Pan Asian Repertory Theater and the Bay Area Playwrights Festival (Selected Playwright). Tseng serves as a Creative Partner of Flux Theatre Ensemble. Their notable works include\u003Cem> Rizing, Like Father, Same Same, Ghost Money, Fear & Wonder\u003C/em>, and \u003Cem>The Other Side.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>","They/Them/Ta",{"title":86,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":87},"Lead Organizer, POLLY",{"first_name":88,"last_name":89,"slug":90,"headshot":91,"bio":92,"pronouns":93},"Corinna","Schulenburg","corinna-schulenburg","b574c4f6-ba7a-4104-8230-4e09257658ee","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Corinna Schulenburg \u003C/strong>is a trans artist and activist committed to ensemble practice and social justice.\u003Cem> \u003C/em>As a playwright, her work with Flux includes \u003Cem>Riding the Bull, Rue, Other Bodies, The Lesser Seductions of History, Jacob’s House, DEINDE\u003C/em>, \u003Cem>Honey Fist, Salvage,\u003C/em> \u003Cem>The Sea Concerto, \u003C/em>and \u003Cem>Operating Systems\u003C/em>. With Flux, she directed Ajax\u003Cem> in \u003C/em>\u003Cem>Iraq \u003C/em>(NYITA nomination)\u003Cem>, A Midsummer Nights Dream\u003C/em>, and the Food:Souls \u003Cem>Goldsboro\u003C/em> and \u003Cem>Volleygirls. \u003C/em>As an actor with Flux, she has played Samantha in \u003Cem>Metra\u003C/em>, Max in \u003Cem>World Builders, \u003C/em>Dr. X in \u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em>, Ezekiel in \u003Cem>8 Little Antichrists\u003C/em> (NYITA nomination), and the Professor in \u003Cem>Rue.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>","She/Her/Hers",{"title":95,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":96},"Director, POLLY",{"first_name":97,"last_name":98,"slug":99,"headshot":100,"bio":101,"pronouns":93},"Heather","Cohn","heather-cohn","67e01a00-031c-46d9-909d-b74fb140e6c8","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Heather Cohn\u003C/strong> (producer, she/her) is a producer, director, fundraiser, ensemble artist and activist. She co-founded Flux Theatre Ensemble in 2006 and with Flux has produced over 30 full productions, including 18 world premieres, directing a third of them, and helped nurture and guide countless artists in the creation and development of new work. Heather is the Executive Producer with Colt Coeur Theater Company. Prior to joining Colt Coeur, she served as the Executive Director for En Garde Arts, a site-specific Off-Broadway theatre, where she produced several large scale site-specific projects. She has also worked with Epic Theatre Ensemble, New York Theatre Workshop, The Pearl Theatre, Theatre Communications Group, and Disney Theatrical. Heather has served on several not-for-profit boards including the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW), where she co-chaired the Task Force for trans inclusion. She also serves on the School Leadership Team (SLT) and a parent leader of the Anti-racism and Belonging Committee at her child’s school. She is a graduate of Vassar College, where she majored in Latin American Studies and spent time living in Cuba and Chile. And most importantly, she’s a proud mom to Mercena.\u003C/p>",{"title":103,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":104},"Scenic Designer",{"first_name":105,"last_name":106,"slug":107,"headshot":108,"bio":109,"pronouns":110},"Will","Lowry","will-lowry","a96f3c76-5cd8-4ae5-a7aa-96fc40ed6199","\u003Cp>Will Lowry is a multidisciplinary designer with an MFA in Design from UNC Greensboro. He has been a Flux Creative Partner for a decade, and this is his twentieth show with Flux. He has created over 130 scenic, lighting, projection, and costume designs for theaters along the East Coast and beyond, including productions at Dupont Underground (DC), Mill Mountain Theatre (VA), Warehouse Theatre (SC), Playhouse on Park (CT), Birmingham Children’s Theatre (AL), Palace Theatre/Spirit of the Dance Productions (SC/UK), Curtain Call Theatre (NY), California Theatre Center (CA), Southeast Missouri State University (MO), College of Southern Nevada (NV), and the Sydney Opera House (AUS). In NYC, he contributed to multiple Broadway productions as a studio assistant and graphic designer, and he recently created the digital theatre experience GPS at Lehigh University (PA), where he serves as an Assistant Professor of Theatre. Love to B,L,&P.\u003C/p>","He/Him/His",{"title":112,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":113},"Sound Designer",{"first_name":114,"last_name":115,"slug":116,"headshot":117,"bio":118,"pronouns":119},"Nathanael","Brown","nathanael-brown","09ee9b7e-36a8-4e31-a6f6-93817c9b0b30","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Nathanael Brown\u003C/strong> is a New York/New Jersey based Sound Designer and Engineer that has designed and engineered shows at Cherry Lane Theatre (NY), The Tank (NY), and Alexander Kasser Theater (NJ). He has done work with the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winnona Minnesota. 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Dance designs: Flamenco Vivo National tours, Forward Motion, Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Lighting Designer and mentor for Ethical Culture Fieldston High School Dance Company since 2015. Guest Lighting Designer: Lafayette College, Easton PA,  the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and for the South Carolina Governors School of the Arts, Greenville, SC. 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Originally from Melbourne, Australia, she trained as a classical and jazz pianist, then studied Musical Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts before moving to NYC on an acting scholarship. Now based in Brooklyn, she was recently the Director for the moving Off-Broadway workshop production of \u003Cem>SKIN: A New Musical\u003C/em> by Andrew Strano and Yuriko Shibata.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Other work includes the NYC Premiere of \u003Cem>Bubble Boy, Single Asian Female, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, {Title of Show} \u003C/em>and\u003Cem> Are We Okay? \u003C/em>She also composed the original score for the award winning series \u003Cem>Ghost Girl,\u003C/em> additional scoring for the festival nominated film \u003Cem>Pulling Wool\u003C/em>, and the music for \u003Cem>The Longest Road: A CATAN Parody Musical\u003C/em>. Genevieve provides live, improvisational accompaniment for \u003Cem>Night Captain\u003C/em>, an internationally touring musical improv team, and co-hosts and produces \u003Cem>OYOYO\u003C/em>, a monthly variety show. She also live scores \u003Cem>Bound\u003C/em>, a two-prov long form show and \u003Cem>Wonderland\u003C/em>, a comedy variety special featuring Meg Stalter. Genevieve is passionate about working with driven and creative people, telling and creating shows for and about women, giving life to authentic queer stories and exploring new, thought provoking ideas through music and theatre.\u003C/p>","she/her",{"title":138,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":139},"Collaborator",{"first_name":140,"last_name":141,"slug":142,"headshot":143,"bio":144,"pronouns":22},"Braxton","Rae","braxton-rae","3ed52a34-eb74-4fc1-8be7-e0e30c53e0d7","\u003Cp>Braxton Rae is an artist whose creative work and scholarship is focused on blackness, queerness, womanism, and marginalized identities. Braxton is a passionate director and intimacy director and loves creating intimate moments that enhance storytelling. Braxton is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Denison University where they directed the first U.S. production of Rules for Living by Sam Holcroft. Braxton served as the Maker in Residence and Visiting Assistant Professor of Devised Theatre with the University of Florida’s Theatre and Dance Department where they worked on community based artmaking and taught courses in devised theatre, directing, and acting for social change to graduate and undergraduate students. They also recently co-authored a paper that was published by the American Society of Engineering Education on the effects of adding creative practice to engineering students’ coursework. Braxton’s regional theatre debut saw them directing Always Patsy Cline at Great River Shakespeare Theatre Festival.\u003C/p>",{"title":146,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":147},"Prop Designer & Organizer",{"first_name":148,"last_name":149,"slug":150,"headshot":151,"bio":152,"pronouns":153},"Julianna","Kantor","julianna-kantor","55a25805-680e-4314-a369-124d01c2a7bb","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"latin24CompactTimeStamp_c19a55 timestamp_c19a55 timestampVisibleOnHover_c19a55 alt_c19a55\">\u003Ctime id=\"message-timestamp-1491127050696654878\" datetime=\"2026-04-07T17:26:32.687Z\"> \u003C/time>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv id=\"message-content-1491127050696654878\" class=\"markup__75297 messageContent_c19a55\">Julianna MacKenzie Kantor (she/they) is a Brooklyn based theatre artist from Charlotte, North Carolina. She's passionate about companies that emphasize accessibility in the arts, advocacy, social justice, and development of new works. All of which led her to finding a creative home in Flux. Some of her prior Flux projects have included: Methods in Madness, Again, Aves+Autta+Ino+Mel, and the reading of Fear & Wonder in 2026. Recent other projects include: The Perfect Map of Everything (Fresh Fruit Festival), Poetic Devils (Alysia Homminga), Macbeth (St. Nicks), The Finer Side of I-95 (The Secret Theatre), Enigmatology (Purple Light Artist’s Palette), Regicide (SoHo Playhouse), Monstress of Seduction (Pace University IPE Showcase), Cloche: A Menu of New Works (The Cult, The Tank). To learn more about their acting, directing, props designing, and teaching check them out on IG @julianna_kantor.\u003C/div>","She/They",{"title":155,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":156},"Dramaturg, Organizer, Facilitator",{"first_name":157,"last_name":158,"slug":159,"headshot":160,"bio":161,"pronouns":162},"Miranda","Holliday","miranda-holliday","ceb89ec8-84d4-42d3-a564-cb3632f05729","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Miranda Holliday\u003C/strong> is an Afro Latine, queer, gender non-conforming playwright, librettist, dramaturg, musician, vocalist, and designer from Columbus, NJ. Their works (\u003Cem>Brother, Arroz Con Pollo\u003C/em>) have been performed at Feinstein’s/54 Below, Rattlestick, and NYU. Performance credits include \u003Cem>Ain’t Misbehavin’, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun\u003C/em> (Kennedy Center Honor), and \u003Cem>504: A Disability Rights Act Musical.\u003C/em> A creative partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble, they have contributed as writer, assistant director, composer, and dramaturg. Miranda holds a dual degree in Theatre and Political Science from Albright College and an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU Tisch. In addition, they are part of the Miranda Family Fellowship awarded to exemplary artists of color.\u003C/p>","they/she",{"title":164,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":165},"Guest Respondent",{"first_name":166,"last_name":167,"slug":168,"headshot":169,"bio":170,"pronouns":119},"Sergei","Burbank","sergei-burbank","d408d008-f8b6-41dc-a556-75daddf94b35","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Sergei\u003C/strong> \u003Cstrong>Burbank\u003C/strong> is a screenwriter, playwright, performer, audiobook narrator, and producer in New York City. His works have been staged by the Scranton Shakespeare Festival, Quick Silver Theater Company, Oracle Theatre Inc., the BoCoCa Arts Festival, and the Planet Connections Festivity. His articles and short stories have appeared in Vernacular Journal, Indie Theater Now, NYTheaterNow, Parabasis, Howlround, fwriction:review, and Baseball Prospectus. He is resident playwright with Quick Silver Theater Company and member of Actors’ Equity Association. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Writer's Foundry at St. Joseph’s University and a BA in Drama from Kenyon College. Threads: @sergeiburbank Bluesky: @sergeiburbank.bsky.social\u003C/p>",{"title":172,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":173},"Filmmaker",{"first_name":174,"last_name":175,"slug":176,"headshot":177,"bio":178,"pronouns":179},"Jay","Villa","jay-villa","ce343fef-baad-40f8-a4b8-bc385c4ada3c","\u003Cp>Jay Villa is an actor and filmmaker born and raised in New Orleans. Their training includes the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory and The National Theater Institute. Now based out of Brooklyn, NY; his work hinges on the intersection of queerness and Latine identity. He is currently in post-production for a short film, Plato Lleno, executively produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Plato Lleno explores familial love and hardship through a queer lens, and premieres later this year. They are also growing their social portfolio and exploring the creative lens amongst the social landscape.\u003Cbr>IG: thejayvilla\u003C/p>","he/they",{"title":164,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":181},{"first_name":182,"last_name":183,"slug":184,"headshot":185,"bio":186,"pronouns":22},"Dubem",".","dubem","7c4d8a04-b609-4a35-9011-8a12cccd6996","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Dubem\u003C/strong>, Igbo for “Guide Me”, is a multidisciplinary artist from Oklahoma, blending music, theatre, still and moving imagery, and cultural storytelling. As a first-generation Igbo American representing Onitsha Ado and Duncan, Oklahoma, Dubem’s work bridges the African diaspora and his Indigenous mixed race identity, drawing from his heritage to create genre-spanning soundscapes influenced by artists like Bob Marley, Omou Sangaré, Emily King, Björk and other artists, as well as his own vision of musical theater. In the Brooklyn Arts District, Dubem has performed as an actor at BAM in Kevin Spacey’s Richard’s Rampage and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Caesar. At Theatre for a New Audience, he appeared in Arin Arbus’ King Lear and The Killer starring Michael Shannon. His time working on Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Marley at Baltimore’s Center Stage, a musical about the life of Bob Marley, left a lasting impact, particularly during the Baltimore uprising after Freddie Gray’s murder, heightening his understanding of theater’s immediacy in times of social unrest. Dubem has also spent considerable time immersing himself in the local music community between Brooklyn and Harlem, and Harlem to Houston, where he has been encouraged in his songwriting process by artists like Zamy Maa, T’nah (T’nah Apex), Ignabu (Cinque Ubangi Kemp), Bria Monét, Kingsley Ibeneche, Billzegypt, and M3CCA from Houston. In 2019, he worked with JOJO ABOT, which was an immersive dive into interdisciplinary art, further shaping his creative process. His work focuses on healing and cultural reconnection through art.\u003C/p>",{"title":164,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":188},{"first_name":189,"last_name":190,"slug":191,"headshot":192,"bio":193,"pronouns":119},"Kevin R.","Free","kevin-r-free","27d5f402-f8e3-4c61-9f70-a18a9a9f4bf2","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Kevin R. Free\u003C/strong> is a multidisciplinary artist whose work as an actor, writer, director, and producer has been showcased and developed in many places, including the Moth Radio Hour; Project Y Theater; Flux Theater Ensemble; the Queerly Festival (of which he is now the curator), and The Fire This Time Festival, where he served as Producing Artistic Director, winning an Obie for his work in 2015. His full-length plays include Night of the Living N-Word!! (Overall Excellence in Playwriting, FringeNYC 2016); A Raisin in the Salad: Black Plays for White People (New Black Fest Fellowship 2012; Eugene O’Neill Semi-Finalist 2013); Face Value (Henry Street Settlement Playwrights’ Project Grant, 2000) and The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, or TRIPLE CONSCIOUSNESS. His webseries, “Gemma & The Bear!” created with Eevin Hartsough, was an Official Selection of the New York Television Festival in 2016 (www.MyCarl.org). He has worked as an actor across the United States and internationally, most recently appearing as Michael Curtiz in Reid & Sara Farrington’s Drama Desk-nominated CasblancaBox. He is an accomplished voice actor, as well, having recorded over 250 audiobooks, and is currently the voice of Kevin from Desert Bluffs on the popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Twitter: @kevinrfree www.kevinrfree.com\u003C/p>",{"title":164,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":195},{"first_name":196,"last_name":197,"slug":198,"headshot":199,"bio":200,"pronouns":22},"Amen","Igbinosun","amen-igbinosun","05a2cfc6-cdb9-43b8-a5a8-920e1770f2d3","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Amen Igbinosun\u003C/strong> was born in Benin City, Nigeria, and raised in Rahway, NJ, after immigrating to the United States as a child. A middle child of seven siblings, Amen earned a full football scholarship to Fordham University. After graduating, Amen toured the country performing theatre for young audiences, honing his skills in storytelling and fostering meaningful connections with communities. He went on to earn an MFA in Acting from Harvard University’s American Repertory Theatre program, where he also studied at the Moscow Art Theatre. Amen expanded his creative work in theatre, writing, producing, educating, and performing. His television roles include appearances in TNT’s The Last Ship and the History Channel miniseries Texas Rising, where he worked alongside industry legends like Bill Paxton and Ray Liotta. He also appeared in Tina Fey’s comedy pilot, The Kicker, as well as in acclaimed animations, video games, and commercials. Throughout his career, Amen has remained dedicated to using the arts as a platform for authentic storytelling, creating connections across cultural and social boundaries.\u003C/p>",{"title":202,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":203},"Stage Manager",{"first_name":204,"last_name":205,"slug":206,"headshot":207,"bio":208,"pronouns":209},"Fiona","Hansen","fiona-hansen","195d93e9-0207-42bb-b9d5-e4d79a540c8a","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Fiona Hansen\u003C/strong> recently graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University studying Theatre and English with a minor in dance. Fiona is one of the co-creators of Flux’s \u003Cem>Portal Project\u003C/em> and serves on their Second Circle (Flux’s board). They have previously directed a production of Medusa’s Tale by Carol S. Lashof and a Zoom theatre production of Fourteen by Alice Gerstenberg with their impromptu theatre company “FAB Directors.” Their work has also been featured onstage in their school’s fall cabaret “Inter/Sect,” directed by Ares Harper, and they performed as Toby Belch in their school’s production of “Twelfth Night: 2020,” directed by Bradford Sadle\u003C/p>","they/them",{"title":164,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":211},{"first_name":212,"last_name":213,"slug":214,"headshot":215,"bio":216,"pronouns":22},"Monica","Rounds","monica-rounds","9933d747-fb20-440b-b289-32d0af7955ff","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Monica Rounds\u003C/strong> is a New York City based actor who is expanding into an artist-activist. Also, an avid food enthusiast, Monica balances her love for all things delicious with her passion for running. She is very excited to be a part of this awesome team of creatives! Training: Williamstown Theater Festival, AADA, The Company Acting Studio.\u003C/p>",{"title":218,"content":22,"sort":22,"person":219},"Lead Arts & Playwright",{"first_name":220,"last_name":221,"slug":222,"headshot":223,"bio":224,"pronouns":119},"Corey","Allen","corey-allen","feeea043-ad10-4480-b476-cc0225cb7862","\u003Cp>With Flux, Corey is one of the Lead Artists of \u003Cem>Our Options Have Changed,\u003C/em> and acted in \u003Cem>The Sea Concerto\u003C/em> and \u003Cem>AM I DEAD?\u003C/em>. Corey is an actor, writer and teaching artist from San Diego, California. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Drama from UC Irvine. New York City credits include: \u003Cem>Moony’s Kid Don’t Cry\u003C/em> (DramaLeague). Regional Credits: Shakespeare Theatre: \u003Cem>An Oresteia, Macbeth;\u003C/em> Huntington Theatre Company: \u003Cem>A Raisin in the Sun, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom\u003C/em>; Pioneer Theatre Company: \u003Cem>Two Dollar Bill, A Few Good Men\u003C/em>; Great River Shakespeare Festival: \u003Cem>Othello, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003C/em>; Utah Shakespeare Festival: \u003Cem>Cyrano de Bergerac, The Two Gentlemen of Verona\u003C/em>; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis: \u003Cem>Alabama Story, The Fall of Heaven;\u003C/em> Orlando Shakespeare Theatre: \u003Cem>Best of Enemies.\u003C/em> Film work includes: \u003Cem>Halston, Lost & Found, Proximity. Television: Happy!, Mindhunter, Manh(a)ttan, Power, Madame Secretary.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>",[226,234,243,252],{"role_name":227,"content":22,"sort":77,"person":228},"Dramaturg, Actor",{"first_name":229,"last_name":230,"slug":231,"headshot":232,"bio":233,"pronouns":136},"Lori Elizabeth","Parquet","lori-elizabeth-parquet","ddcde8a6-d369-4d95-937a-19145efcc3de","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Lori Elizabeth Parquet \u003C/strong>is a Flux Creative Partner and actor, director, and playwright from New Orleans, Louisiana with a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Cornell University. Her New York City stage credits include \u003Cem>Macbeth\u003C/em>, \u003Cem>Dispatches From (A)mended America\u003C/em> (Off-Broadway, Epic Theatre Ensemble), \u003Cem>The Providence of Neighboring Bodies\u003C/em> (Dutch Kills Theater/Ars Nova), \u003Cem>The Honeycomb Trilogy: Sovereign \u003C/em>(Gideon Productions), \u003Cem>Medea \u003C/em>(Phoenix Theatre Ensemble), \u003Cem>Dog Act\u003C/em>, \u003Cem>Ajax in Iraq\u003C/em>, \u003Cem>Honey Fist, Operating Systems\u003C/em> (Flux Theatre Ensemble), and \u003Cem>Republic\u003C/em>, \u003Cem>Baal\u003C/em>, \u003Cem>Murder In the Cathedral\u003C/em> (JACK/Hoi Polloi). She made her international debut performing in \u003Cem>Pillars of Society\u003C/em> at Teater Ibsen in Skien, Norway. She also performed in \u003Cem>The Providence of Neighboring Bodies\u003C/em> at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018. In 2019 she was nominated for and won the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role for her performance in \u003Cem>Operating Systems. \u003C/em>As a director, Lori has directed \u003Cem>Topdog/Underdog \u003C/em>at Princeton Summer Theater and assistant directed The Public Theater’s most recent Shakespeare in the Park productions of \u003Cem>As You Like It\u003C/em>, and \u003Cem>Twelfth Night\u003C/em>.  She was alsoas an acting coach on Disney’s \u003Cem>Hercules\u003C/em>, a Public Works production.  Lori just served as Associate Director of New York City Center’s Encores: Off-center production of Maria Irene Fornes’ \u003Cem>Promenade \u003C/em>and has directed many readings and workshops with Public Works, Flux Theatre Ensemble, The Brooklyn Generator, and other theatre companies across New York City\u003Cem>.\u003C/em>  As a playwright, Lori was selected as one of six featured playwrights for Season Five of The Fire This Time Festival, which produced a reading of her full-length play \u003Cem>In Communion\u003C/em>, and her short plays have been produced through Flux Theatre Ensemble, New York Madness, and other NYC indie theatres and festivals.\u003C/p>",{"role_name":235,"content":22,"sort":236,"person":237},"Actor and Costume Designer",2,{"first_name":238,"last_name":239,"slug":240,"headshot":241,"bio":242,"pronouns":136},"Anna","Rahn Bazán","anna-rahn","bb6e888f-ea7e-478a-875b-fe2e282aa609","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Anna Rahn Bazán \u003C/strong>is a New York City based actor and Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble. Credits with Flux include \u003Cem>Polly, a dumbshow for smart people desperate to survive the fallout, Am I Dead, Rizing, Honey Fist,\u003C/em> and \u003Cem>Ajax in Iraq.\u003C/em> Anna has also worked with American Indian Artists, Inc. (AMERINDA), Gideon Productions, The Blood Brothers Presents, IRT Theater, Dixon Place, HERE Arts Space, and The American Repertory Theater. MFA, The Moscow Art Theater.\u003C/p>",{"role_name":244,"content":22,"sort":61,"person":245},"Actor",{"first_name":246,"last_name":247,"slug":248,"headshot":249,"bio":250,"pronouns":251},"Alisha","Spielmann","alisha-spielmann","85cb4c75-1fbe-4c95-92ea-35f4caa20d50","\u003Cp>Alisha Spielmann is a New York City based Actor and Singer. Productions with Flux Theatre Ensemble: Sans Merci, Jane the Plain, Rizing, World Builders, AM I DEAD? The Untrue Narrative of Anatomical Lewis, The Slave, and The Sea Concerto. Off Broadway: The Honeycomb Trilogy, Part Two: Blast Radius (Gideon Productions); The Runner Stumbles (Retro Productions/The Bleecker Company). She’s been in over 20 full length productions in NYC (many award nominated and self originated roles) and numerous readings and workshops. Alisha can currently be seen on Amazon starring in the series Producing Juliet by Writers Guild of America award winner Tina Cesa Ward; as well as feature films How Dark They Prey and The Moose Head Over The Mantle; and short films The Sound of Light, Missing You, Into The Burning, Freedom Point, and Type A. She is a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble and a Company Member of Retro Productions.  Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she received her BA in Music and Theater from St. Olaf College. In her spare time she enjoys running, cooking, and keeping up to date with super cool technology. www.alishaspielmann.com\u003C/p>","She/Her",{"role_name":244,"content":22,"sort":68,"person":253},{"first_name":254,"last_name":255,"slug":256,"headshot":257,"bio":258,"pronouns":119},"Chris","Wight","chris-wight","2f8c9d85-06f9-49c6-a7c7-f0065cd2c894","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Chris Wight\u003C/strong> is a Creative Partner with Flux and a longtime artistic member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. He has composed and performed original music for a number of productions including Flux’s \u003Cem>Dog Act\u003C/em> and \u003Cem>Hearts Like Fists\u003C/em>, and more recently provided guitar accompaniment for Flux’s Food:Soul production of \u003Cem>Fear & Wonder\u003C/em> and \u003Cem>The Elephant Play\u003C/em>.\u003C/p>",[260,263,266,269,272,275,278,281,284],{"directus_files_id":261},{"id":262},"965fb491-ee97-439d-90b6-d1924472195e",{"directus_files_id":264},{"id":265},"fc52a68b-7e78-43c7-94db-98bc1eb0bdc0",{"directus_files_id":267},{"id":268},"6c670587-3f2e-4f9f-8cef-af1040cc147f",{"directus_files_id":270},{"id":271},"29064411-320b-49e3-9f4e-9e023867c6ab",{"directus_files_id":273},{"id":274},"c82020f7-f7a6-434c-9e07-6f7aa4bc2a4d",{"directus_files_id":276},{"id":277},"bb470f3e-fc36-4d56-899a-583b3785dcd1",{"directus_files_id":279},{"id":280},"a454da75-a189-4131-b6f1-364f1e1d7974",{"directus_files_id":282},{"id":283},"043ad333-fd54-4e51-9f2b-c42f328b66dd",{"directus_files_id":285},{"id":286},"216394b0-5432-47a1-a336-389db8a55eec",[],[289,293,299,301,307,313],{"id":61,"label":290,"url":22,"sort":77,"is_external":22,"parent":22,"page":291},"About",{"slug":292},"about",{"id":294,"label":295,"url":22,"sort":77,"is_external":22,"parent":296,"page":297},5,"Retreat",{"id":68},{"slug":298},"flux-annual-retreat",{"id":68,"label":300,"url":22,"sort":236,"is_external":22,"parent":22,"page":22},"Programs",{"id":302,"label":303,"url":22,"sort":236,"is_external":22,"parent":304,"page":305},6,"Sharing Power",{"id":68},{"slug":306},"sharing-power",{"id":308,"label":309,"url":22,"sort":61,"is_external":22,"parent":310,"page":311},7,"Core Work",{"id":68},{"slug":312},"core-work",{"id":314,"label":315,"url":22,"sort":68,"is_external":22,"parent":316,"page":317},8,"Living Ticket",{"id":68},{"slug":318},"living-ticket"]