Uranium Madhouse Blog

Since Uranium Madhouse’s upcoming project concerns the American government’s involvement with torture, we have been following the case of Bradley Manning with particular interest. Read our earlier summary of the story here. Here are the latest developments: Amnesty International is the latest advocacy group to urge the government to modify “the harsh pre-trial detention conditions […]

The more I learn about Rick Burkhardt, the author of Conversation Storm, the play we are producing in June, the more turned on I get. In general, I think that much of contemporary playwriting is involved with flashy verbal pyrotechnics in a way that can perhaps best be described as masturbatory. I am not going […]

Uranium Madhouse Presents Exerpts from “Conversation Storm” by Rick Burkhardt from Eric Ulbrich on Vimeo.

My friend Svend recently asked me who the 10th Muse would be, if we had one. I’m not sure, but Virginia Woolf would be a contender. On the anniversary of Virginia Woolf’s suicide, our beloved Patti “waves” to her. Patti Smith recently told Amy Goodman that she thinks of herself as a performer, not as […]

Seeing Sandra Bernhard’s movie Without You I’m Nothing was one of the major milestones of my aesthetic coming of age. To quote the movie, I felt like Columbus Crossing the Atlantic, I had found the new world. People could talk that smart? Behave that outrageously? Whaaaa? It’s a film I have watched more times than […]

Since Uranium Madhouse’s upcoming project concerns the American government’s involvement with torture, we have been following the case of Bradley Manning with particular interest. Private Bradley Manning is an army intelligence analyst charged with disclosing classified materials he easily gained access to while deployed near Baghdad. He is charged with “communicating, transmitting and delivering national […]

I am very proud to announce the newest addition to the Uranium Madhouse Family: Oscar- and Emmy- nominated film editor, actor, director, writer and photographer William Haugse. William Haugse: An Oscar- and Emmy-nominated editor, William Haugse has edited a dozen feature documentaries including “Hoop Dreams,” “Sunset Story,” “Stevie,” and “No Impact Man,” and approximately 50 […]

One of our beloved 9 Muses, Keith Olbermann, has been let go by MSNBC. NBC has merged with Comcast. Comcast has denied that the merger had anything to do with the termination, which, to my ear, reeks of “Move along, nothing to see here folks!” Ironically, I have heard tell that Keith’s promotion of his […]

Uranium Madhouse is ready to irradiate the Southern California theater scene. Theater director and acting teacher Andrew Utter announces the formation of his new Los Angeles theater company, Uranium Madhouse, inviting discerning theatergoers to “come in and melt down.” Utter will act as Artistic Director and set designer Erik Flatmo has been named Resident Designer. […]

One of our Muses reading a script for The Spiral Road Nuff said.