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Get Ready for How We Got On

October 31, 2017 By Matt Leave a Comment

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Matt Slaybaugh: Thank you, 2015.

December 16, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

Here are eleven cultural artifacts I’m happy to endorse here at the end of 2015. I’ve got four books, five records, one movie, and one Netflix show to share, with minimal commentary.

BOOKS

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
This is not for the faint-at-heart; a friend of mine told me “Be warned. It will shatter you.” And I’ve lately spent a lot of late nights crying and reading and reading and crying. The only reason to set this compulsively readable book down is to contemplate some of Yanagihara’s more beautiful passages. It’s certainly the best book I’ve read in a while, probably since Wolf Hall.

Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt
This book is funny, yes, and talks a lot about a lot of great movies, yes. But really he’s taking a stab (multiple stabs) and what art is for and why anyone would bother and some of the darker corners of the psyche that lead to this dilemma in the first place.

Not that Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
I’m not sure I’m the intended audience for this book, but boy did I learn a lot. Lena’s troublesome in some of her actions and statements, but she’s also deeply thoughtful and watching her process and struggle is entertaining and often enlightening.

The Book of Strange New Things by Michael Faber
The saddest science-fiction book I’ve read. It’s about a pastor sent into space to minister to a newly encountered race of beings (AKA “aliens.”) Like some of my favorite sci-fi books, the genre trappings are the setting but not the point. This is a meditation on faith and love, deeply mysterious and moving.

MUSIC

Kamasi Washington – The Epic
It’s almost unfair; this is a TRIPLE album of jazz augmented by a blistering imagination. The first track is called “Change of the Guard” and that’s what this is. Whatever modern jazz you’ve been listening to for the last 10 years, forget it. This is a line in the sand and Kamasi has left everyone in the dust.

Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Lou Reed came back as a 28-year-old from Australia with a wicked sense of humor and a killer back-up group.

Four Tet – Morning/Evening
Two tracks: “Morning Side” and “Evening Side.” Use as directed.

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf
It’s kinda-sorta the new Chance the Rapper album, but he’s just part of the band. This is optimistic hip-hop-funk-gospel-new-jack-southside experimentation and celebration music. Don’t sleep.

Hamilton – Original Cast Recording
Yes, the hip-hop-n-history musical that Mom & Dad know about from “60 Minutes.” That fact that this exists is no surprise. The fact that it’s taken the world by storm like nothing since RENT is astonishing. The music is fantastic, the concepts it’s bringing to the main-stream are even more significant. You can’t afford to see it, so get the record and rap along until it tours the world.

MOVIE

Spy
Maybe the most fun night of my year was when Acacia and I ran in to see this at the last minute in a tiny, old theater (Thank you, Barneses.) in Chapel Hill, NC. We laughed like little kids attacked by the Tickle Monster.

Netflix Show

Master of None
Aziz can be pretty annoying, but he’s decided to using his modest fame to question everything, and I really respect that. It helps that the show bears more resemblance to an old Woody Allen film than to anything on broadcast TV.

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The monkey’s helping me with rewrites

October 3, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

The monkey's helping me with rewrites. We've been through this a lot together. #avltheatre #avltDedalus

A photo posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Oct 2, 2015 at 7:43pm PDT

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Dedalus work all around

October 3, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

Work all around me. #avltheatre #avltDedalus

A video posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Sep 30, 2015 at 1:32pm PDT

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All the elements of theatre

September 26, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

We made a list of the elements of theatre. All 100 of them. #avltDedalus #avltheatre

A photo posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Sep 21, 2015 at 5:47pm PDT

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Ready for the first read

September 21, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

Ready. #avltheatre #avltDedalus

A photo posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Sep 13, 2015 at 9:40am PDT

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You can only tell it’s work …

August 15, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

You only can tell it's work because there are stacks of index cards. #Dedalus #avltheatre #Chimaingo

A photo posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Aug 10, 2015 at 10:02am PDT

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The shade and the view

August 1, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

The shade and the view are really co-operating to help the work today. #Chimaingo #Dedalus

A photo posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Aug 1, 2015 at 8:08am PDT

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The Columbus Foundation commits to Available Light’s Columbus project

June 23, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

cf+avlt

We are thrilled and honored to announce that The Columbus Foundation, as part of its continuing quest to strengthen our community, is committed to supporting Available Light Theatre’s Columbus project. Once our “Don’t Wait, Columbus!” Kickstarter campaign successfully finishes, the Foundation will grant $5000 to help fund the creation process.

This is much more than a just a gesture of financial support, it is also a meaningful vote of confidence from one of our city’s most influential organizations.

Most immediately, it provides an incredible incentive to reach our $30,000 goal by June 30. With the support of our many backers and the Columbus Foundation, we will be ready and able to get down to the great work of listening to the voices of our hometown.

Next time you pass the Foundation (at 1234 East Broad Street) give them a friendly wave and tell ’em Available Light sent you.

And if you haven’t yet checked out our Kickstarter campaign, do it now, time is running out: http://avlt.co/dont-wait-columbus

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Happy faces trying the costumes

March 16, 2015 By Matt Leave a Comment

Happy faces trying the costumes. #avltheatre #AVLTdonQ

A photo posted by Matt Slaybaugh (@mattslaybaugh) on Mar 16, 2015 at 8:24pm PDT

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