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TMLMTBGB is one of my favourite experiences because the range of stories you’ll see on any particular night are SO BIG.

The first time I saw the @nyneofuturists I was in NYC interviewing for grad school, and this one play really struck me. One of the Neos sat on a four-wheeled dolly with ropes attached to each corner and he got yanked around the stage by the ensemble as he told this really beautiful play about how he wants to do so many things (act, direct, be a father, etc) and how all the time he spent doing one was time not doing another. And he cut a rope. He talked about how Anne Bogart said every choice is an act of violence. And he cut a rope. And he kept going until he was motionless in the center of the stage. It hit me like a punch in the gut. The raw reality of someone telling a room full of strangers something incredibly personal that you know is true… It really can’t be beat.

To counter, another play that night was called Far Off Butthole. They dimmed the lights, and spun the doors in the Kraine that led back to the dressing room. All the while a sonorous tuba track is playing. A flashlight slowly reveals a paper proscenium with a paper act curtain in front of it. The curtain slowly rose to reveal one of the Neo’s buttholes. The curtain slowly fell. End of play.

Like. You’re gonna see 30 plays that fall in that spectrum, plus one with weird food stuff, and one that has a dance sequence. It’s GREAT.

Good ol’ Faraway Butthole.