Uranium Madhouse Blog

On the last night of our run, we were fortunate enough to be visited by Rick Burkhardt, the author of Conversation Storm. Afterwards, we had a talkback with Rick, me and the actors. We have the audio here: Uranium Madhouse Talkback w_ Rick Burkhardt Enjoy!

It’s an impressive trailer, for sure. But I have seen a fair amount of Robert Wilson’s work: Black Rider, Time Machine, Alice in Bed, Dr Faustus Lights the Lights and Hamlet, are the ones I can recall off the top of my head. I have watched Wilson conduct rehearsals for Alice in Bed and for […]

The ticking timebomb scenario is a zombie lie, and it’s back. But Petraeus instead pivoted to the TV-ready “ticking time bomb” scenario, and said torture might be justified if you have a “special situation” where an “individual in your hands who you know has placed a nuclear device under the Empire State Building. It goes […]

I am incredibly excited to announce that after our final performance of Conversation Storm, playwright Rick Burkhardt will join us for a talkback. Everyone has lots of questions about this play, so it should be a lively discussion. Please join us after the show on June 25.

John Ruby, who appears in Conversation Storm, was at the Seattle International Film Festival recently with a film he appeared in. He was interviewed while at the Festival, and you can watch the interview here. You have to click the Filmmakers tab and navigate to the interview with him. Check it out!

Via Daily Kos, the BBC and Al Jazeera (link below). Extremely graphic. “A month had passed by with his family not knowing where he was, or if or when he would be released. He was released to his family as a corpse. Upon examining his body, the signs of torture are very clear.” “When Hamza’s […]