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THE CAST OF CURIOUS ACCIDENTS & UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES EXPLORE GENERATION GAPS AND THE ART OF IMPROV

4/27/2017

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​VIDEO: What are teens and adults learning about each other through improv? Watch to find out!

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"The divide between middle-aged adults and teens can be huge. That collision, that friction, is very interesting to me. I really wanted to see what happened when you brought these adults and teens together.  What would happen if they could say whatever they wanted to say?"
"It's really easy to approach teenagers with this 'you're a kid, you don't know anything' sort of mindset, which could not be farther from the truth."

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"My favorite thing about working with adults is that they have an entirely different perspective on life than we do. They've lived through their teen years. But a lot of them have...I don't want to say forgotten them, but Duncan and I are still in high school, we're going to graduate in a couple of months, and so we've got this very different view of life."
"Some of my 'being a mom' stuff came out, which I wasn't too thrilled about, but I really like it. I like the idea that we're not all the same age and in the same place. It's really interesting. I've never done this before."

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"I do a lot of improv with teens, and it can get pretty crude, and just about getting a laugh. I like working with adults because I can be more serious. I remember the first time I worked with Elysha, she played a mom and I played her son, and it became a really emotional scene."
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"The teens that we're working with on this project are so mature and bring a perspective that I don't remember having when I was their age."

We hope you'll join us for Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences.

You've never seen it before. And you'll never see it again.


​Research Triangle High School

May 12th, 8pm
May 13th, 8pm
May 14th, 3pm
May 18th, 8pm
May 19th, 8pm
May 20th, 8pm

​Six nights only.​ $5 students, $10 adults.
RESERVATIONS: 919-376-0054
BUY TICKETS
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Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences:  Meet the Cast

4/18/2017

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VIDEO:  What is improv anyway? The cast and Director weigh in...

What Happens When You Take the Script Away From Traditional Actors And Turn Them Loose? 

The cast of Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences take a rehearsal break and discuss their learning curves.
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HELEN BOWEN, Senior at Research Triangle High School:

"One really big thing I'm learning is the power of silence. It's really interesting to me how silence can be used as a tool. A lot of what we're trying to do when I do improv at school is we're trying to fill up the space, like there can't be a gap. Whereas with Flying Machine, we can take the silence and use it to create tension in a scene. And I think that's really cool how you can not be saying anything but still be communicating so much. It really teaches you to use your whole body instead of just relying on the lines to get you through a scene."

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DUNCAN MCGREGOR, Senior at Research Triangle High School:

"I'm in an improv group here at school. Working with teens, there's a lot of crudeness, and that can be fun, but it's been fun to get a little more serious and explore really listening to other people, rather than trying to force the funny out of a scene. With this group, none of what we do is faked. When we're in a scene, we perceive a lot of what we're doing to be real. I think that's why it's so entertaining." ​
"It's like alchemy. You walk onstage with nothing and by the end of the scene you've created this story out of thin air in front of everyone. It's electrifying."
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-Thaddaeus Edwards, Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences
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ELYSHA NICHOLS, Actor:

"I studied theater in college, and I've done a little bit of professional theater here and there, and a little bit of improv--but it wasn't this kind of improv, it was the more schticky kind of improv, where you're trying to get a laugh. I love this type of improv because it's about being real and really connecting with and being honest with your feelings, and really working off the other person. So for me, this is the absolute kind of theater I want to be doing, and I love it." 
THADDAEUS EDWARDS, Actor:

"I was always intimidated by improvisation because I'm used to a lot of rehearsal, having a script, having something to fall back on, but in a certain way, also to have a mask when I walk out onstage. And improvisation just sort of takes all that away. It's so bare. So it's intimidating, but is also really exciting. It reminds me of alchemy. You walk out onstage with nothing and by the end of the scene, you've created this story out of thin air in front of everyone. It's electrifying..."
"Improv is scary as heck. It's like building a plane while you're still in the air."
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-Page Purger, Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences
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BRIAN YANDLE, Actor

​"You know you hear improv and you think "Who's Line Is It Anyway?" and the funny, funny stuff. This is very, very different. This group can turn on a dime and take you from comedy to drama. It's all based in truth. People laugh at things because they find the truth in them. And people react to drama because there's truth in it. There's a whole lot of both of those things with this group."
PAGE PURGER, Actor:
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"I’m much more comfortable in a scripted world, where I’ve stayed for the last 15 years. So I'm learning to ignore my desire to plan ahead, to have a Plan B through Z.  Having a plan in the scripted world is a good thing and it’s not something I ever considered could be an obstacle, but in this arena it’s not necessarily a good thing. You have to give up that safety net. And it's scary as hell--like building a plane in the air."

We hope you'll join us for Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences.

You've never seen it before. And you'll never see it again.


​Research Triangle High School

May 12th, 8pm
May 13th, 8pm
May 14th, 3pm
May 18th, 8pm
May 19th, 8pm
May 20th, 8pm

​Six nights only.​ $5 students, $10 adults.
RESERVATIONS: 919-376-0054
BUY TICKETS
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Curious Accidents & Unintentional Consequences: ​Putting the Theatre Back Into Improv

4/10/2017

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VIDEO: Watch to learn more about what inspired J. Chachula to direct Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences

The Flying Machine Theatre Co. returns from an eleven-year hiatus with its first piece of completely improvised theatre. Six actors—four adults and two high school seniors—will take the stage without the slightest idea of what is going to happen.

The concept for Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences came from Director J. Chachula's own curiosity about what would happen if you merged an actors's willingness to be vulnerable, to be serious, to take on difficult subject matter and added the moment-to-moment flexibility of improv.

"There was a world of improvisors and a world of actors, and they seldom got together. And it was a shame because they each, I thought, had something to teach each other. And I kind of had a foot in both worlds," he says. 

Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences is a rare blend of these two worlds. There are six shows scheduled, each one will be different. 

"This really is an experiment. I haven’t the slightest idea what’s going to happen," says Chachula.
 

We hope you'll join us for Curious Accidents & Unintended Consequences.

You've never seen it before. And you'll never see it again.


​Research Triangle High School

May 12th, 8pm
May 13th, 8pm
May 14th, 3pm
May 18th, 8pm
May 19th, 8pm
May 20th, 8pm

​Six nights only.​ $5 students, $10 adults.
RESERVATIONS: 919-376-0054

Buy Tickets


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    My name is J Chachula and I'm the principal instructor at The Flying Machine Theatre Studio.

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