{"id":37608,"date":"2013-09-04T09:59:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T16:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=37608"},"modified":"2013-09-04T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T16:59:40","slug":"joyce-carol-oates-1990-play-tone-clusters-showcases-the-age-of-media-spectacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/09\/04\/joyce-carol-oates-1990-play-tone-clusters-showcases-the-age-of-media-spectacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Joyce Carol Oates&#8217; 1990 Play &#8216;Tone Clusters&#8217; Showcases the Age of Media Spectacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130904Walmart\/2013_09_04_toneclusters.mp3\">Listen to this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/20130904Walmart\/2013_09_04_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/tone_clusters.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Multiple Pulitzer prize nominee Joyce Carol Oates\u2019 1990 play, Tone Clusters, comes to the open-air theater Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon this month. <\/p>\n<p>The two-person play, which is based on the story of a man convicted for murdering a 13 year old girl, is directed by Mike Peebler, and stars Alan Blumenfeld and Katherine James. Tone Clusters, according to Peebler, \u201c is about the \u2018spectacularization\u2019 of tragedy in our culture\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about the way we take horrible events and turn them into a product to be consumed, passing instantaneous judgment and dehumanizing those involved in the process.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The actors, Blumenfeld and James, play the roles of Frank and Emily Gulick respectively \u2013 a regular American couple who are thrust into the spotlight when their son is arrested for killing a girl in their neighborhood. <\/p>\n<p>Although \u201cthe media\u201d as a collective presence, is not seen on stage, a disembodied voice played by Jeff Wiesen, symbolizes the unseen role of the press. <\/p>\n<p><em>GUESTS: Actors Alan Blumenfeld, Katherine James, and Jeff Wiesen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WHEN:?Performances: Sept. 5 \u2013 October 12<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Sept. 5 @ 8 p.m.*<br \/>\nThursday, Sept. 12 @ 8 p.m.<br \/>\nThursday, Sept. 19 @ 8 p.m.<br \/>\nThursday, Sept. 26 @ 8 p.m.<br \/>\nFriday, Oct. 4 @ 8 p.m.<br \/>\nSaturday, Oct. 12 @ 8 p.m.?<\/p>\n<p>*The audience talk-back on Sept. 5 will be moderated by the author, Joyce Carol Oates<\/p>\n<p>WHERE:?Will Geer\u2019s Theatricum Botanicum?, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd.?Topanga CA 90290? (midway between Pacific Coast Highway and the Ventura Freeway)<\/p>\n<p>TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ?(310) 455-3723 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatricum.com?\">www.theatricum.com?<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Pulitzer prize nominee Joyce Carol Oates\u2019 1990 play, Tone Clusters, comes to the open-air theater Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon this month. The two-person play, which is based on the story of a man convicted for murdering a 13 year old girl, is directed by Mike Peebler, and stars Alan Blumenfeld and Katherine James. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37614,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37608\/revisions\/37614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}