The Honeycomb Trilogy received a glowing review by Alexis Soloski of the New York Times, and has been named a New York Times Critics’ Pick. Here are a few of her bon mots:
“Mac Rogers’s “The Honeycomb Trilogy,” an exhilarating D.I.Y. saga at the Gym at Judson, imagines an Earth subjugated by an apian race.”
“His vision of human relationships (and maybe nonhuman ones) is nuanced, and there’s a probing moral consciousness underlying the geeky whiz-bang.”
” A wedding scene had the audience in floods of tears, men and women alike, and you could hear sniffling throughout the final minutes of “Sovereign.”
The Honeycomb Trilogy has taken over The Gym at Judson in downtown Manhattan. All three plays have been remounted in rep. This past weekend, audiences could enjoy all three in one day. Here are some preview articles for the play along with a terrific review from HiLoBrow.
Mac Rogers’ critically acclaimed, award-winning The Honeycomb Trilogy returns to New York for a rep run. Here is a Q&A to answer all your questions about this triple-the-fun production, opening October 13th. And a preview video too.
Q. WTF is The Honeycomb Trilogy?
A. The Honeycomb Trilogy is a 3 part sci-fi epic by Mac Rogers that premiered over 6 months in 2012 and earned two rave New York Times reviews, eight critic’s picks, and one NYIT Award for Outstanding Premiere Production.
Q. If you already did these plays, why are you doing them again?
A. We have dreamed about running the Trilogy in rep since 2012, but couldn’t find the right space for it until the amazing folks at The Gym at Judson reached out to us. The Trilogy began with readings upstairs in the Judson Memorial Church Choir Loft, so this feels like coming home.
Q. HOLY CRAP! WHEN CAN I SEE THESE SHOWS?
A. Performances begin October 13, 2015.
Q. How is this whole “rep” thing going to work?
A. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday nights at 8pm, you can see individual plays from the Trilogy, with performance nights rotating from week to week. On Saturdays and Sundays, you can see the entire Trilogy in one day! Advance Man at 2pm, Blast Radius at 5pm, and Sovereign at 8:30pm.
Q. Are you people freaking crazy?
A. Probably a little. But we’ve road tested all three parts of The Honeycomb Trilogy and we know they work. Now we’ve just got to put it all together–and figure out how to transform the set from a 21st Century living room to a war zone to a ramshackle reconstruction courthouse, all in one day!
Q. OMG, this is going to be like that one time I binge-watched Battlestar Galactica!
A. Exactly. Except we hope to make you less angry with the ending.
Q. I get very hungry. Will there be things for me to eat at the theater?
A. We do too! Our concessions will include the finest in binge-watching snacks, and we plan to partner with a boxed meal caterer to make it easy for you to eat dinner between parts 2 & 3!
Q. Will it be the same as last time? What will be different?
A. As of now, the vast majority of the original cast plans to return. The scripts aren’t changing tremendously, but Mac has a few tricks up his sleeve. So figure it’ll be about 20% more awesome than last time.
Viral is set to begin performances January 8th in Los Angeles. Produced by Bootleg Theater and Moving Arts, the production runs through January 31st.
Darin Anthony directs Alicia Adams, Oscar Camacho, Daniel Dorr, Mariel Higuera and Mark Kinsey Stephenson. When Viral premiered in New York, Flavorwire raved, “This is one of the best plays we’ve seen in New York in a very long time, and we see a lot of plays.”
