Monologues for
Headspace Theatre:
Radical Thinking Inside a Box
Edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon
Published by Smith & Kraus, 2019 (in press)
Available soon on Amazon.com
Headspace Theatre:
Radical Thinking Inside a Box
Edited by Michael Bigelow Dixon
Published by Smith & Kraus, 2019 (in press)
Available soon on Amazon.com
“Headspace Theatre is the confluence of stylistic exercise, aesthetic rigor, and disciplined performance, trusting the words and even more the pauses. The intimacy between the performer and the audience is hypnotic and nearly erotic.”
– BJ Jones, Artistic Director, Northlight Theatre
“As is usual, Michael Bigelow Dixon brings brilliance, imagination and a small level of insanity to a full-on examination of Headspace Theatre. He has given us a complete guide to this new theater form, which is not as radical as we might initially think. Everything from rules for performance; complete instructions for building the box; and a sampling of monologues that run from the laugh-out-loud-funny to the existential to the downright grisly is provided for every theater practitioner ready to take the leap.”
– Jo Holcomb, Senior Dramaturg, Guthrie Theater
– Jo Holcomb, Senior Dramaturg, Guthrie Theater
“Theatre has the power to feel incredibly intimate, even in the largest of spaces. Great storytellers draw us into their distinctive worlds, and great actors share their vulnerability and humanity with us. But there’s nothing like being in a tiny space, in close proximity to a performer, to really feel the emotional power and pull of the theatre. In Headspace, Michael Dixon has come up with an ingenious blueprint for how to create an intimate performance space almost anywhere, and he’s gathered an accomplished group of playwrights to create compelling slices of life to fill that tiny space. More than talking heads, these pieces are windows into lives and universes – and the Headspace concept makes that experience accessible to anyone.”
-- Tanya Palmer, Producer/Director
of New Play Development, The Goodman Theatre
-- Tanya Palmer, Producer/Director
of New Play Development, The Goodman Theatre
THE PLAYWRIGHTS
In addition to a Foreword by Morgan Jenness and articles about acting in the box by Jon Jory and historical context by Matt DiCintio, this anthology features monologues by Joan Ackermann, Janet Allard, Scott Dixon, Richard Dresser, Rich Espey, Anne Flanagan, Susan Eve Haar, Jack Helbig, Michael Higgins, Jon Jory, Wendy Knight, Lucy Kreutz and Gregg Kreutz, Kate Lee, Carter W. Lewis, Christina Luzarraga, James Menges, Joe Musso, Jeremy Paden, Robin Rice, Sabrina Rivas, Lavinia Roberts, Valerie Smith, Richard Strand, C. Denby Swanson, and Elizabeth Wong.
In addition to a Foreword by Morgan Jenness and articles about acting in the box by Jon Jory and historical context by Matt DiCintio, this anthology features monologues by Joan Ackermann, Janet Allard, Scott Dixon, Richard Dresser, Rich Espey, Anne Flanagan, Susan Eve Haar, Jack Helbig, Michael Higgins, Jon Jory, Wendy Knight, Lucy Kreutz and Gregg Kreutz, Kate Lee, Carter W. Lewis, Christina Luzarraga, James Menges, Joe Musso, Jeremy Paden, Robin Rice, Sabrina Rivas, Lavinia Roberts, Valerie Smith, Richard Strand, C. Denby Swanson, and Elizabeth Wong.
