The
Neo-Futurists are an
ensemble of
artists who
write,
direct, and
perform their own
work dedicated to
social,
political, and
personal enlightenment in the
form of audience-interactive conceptual
theater.
We are dedicated to:
1. Strengthening the
human bond between
performer and
audience. We feel that the more
sincere and
genuine we can be on stage, the greater will be the audience's
identification with the unadorned
people and
issues before them.
2. Embracing a form of non-illusory theater in order to present our lives and our
ideas as directly as
possible.
All of our
plays are set on the
stage in
front of the audience. All of our
characters are ourselves. All of our
stories really happened. All of our
tasks are actual
challenges. We do not aim to "
suspend the audience's disbelief" but to
create a
world where the
stage is a continuation of
daily life.
3. Embracing the
moment through
audience interaction and
planned obsolescence. In order to keep ourselves as
alive on
stage as possible, we interweave
elements of
chance and
change -- contradicting the expected and eliminating the
permanent.
4. Presenting
inexpensive art for the
general public. We aim to influence the widest
audience possible by keeping our
ticket prices affordable and our productions intellectually and emotionally challenging yet accessible.
Source: 100 Neo-Futurist Plays from Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (Chicago Plays, 1993)