Backstage
These days, it can seem nearly impossible to put down your Blackberry or iPhone. But two playwrights are using this media fascination to their advantage. “As a theater artist, there’s always been an issue of how to get your audience involved,” said co-creator Allison Goldberg. “I think there’s a way we can take this addiction and obsession with new media and use it to bring people back into live theater.
The Local East Village
Blogologues, an upcoming show at Under St. Marks, will turn the spigot and let Internet culture gush out at full flow…Last night, Ms. Goldberg and Ms. Jamula held auditions for the show with director Megan Loughran and stage manager Jim Armstrong. Even in the bare rehearsal room at Shetler Studios with its harsh lighting and rattling air conditioner, the comic potential of online postings from sites like Damn You Autocorrect was clear.
The Huffington Post
“Where could they possibly be going?” Armed with just a FlipCam, Jen Jamula and Alli Goldberg, the creators of the blog Why Are You on My Train? have dared ask the question of multiple New Yorkers and shared some of the best responses…”
[Click here for full interview.]
Refinery29.com
Traveling the various lines of New York’s subway system, you see all kinds of people… But rarely do you ever take a moment out to figure out who they are. Alli Goldberg and Jen Jamula, however, have taken that moment…and launched Why Are You On My Train? a vlog that reveals the fascinating stories and personalities of the folks quietly (or not so quietly) sitting across from you on the subway. Turns out, they have a lot to say.
[Click here to view slideshow.]
NY1
In an effort to expose what is often left unsaid, two Yale grads who act and run a small theater company created WhyAreYouonMyTrain.com…With Flipcam in hand, they hope New Yorkers will spill on what they love about the subway, what they may hate, and, maybe, something about their hopes and dreams.
[Click here to view interview footage.]
The New York Times: City Room Blog
It is a mystery left unsolved every day: who are these people in my subway car? …The fun of these weekly video posts, which began in late August, is hearing people speak on the subway, a space of studied silence.
Exeunt Magazine
Taking the Plunge, a short musical about suicide on the eve of a wedding, left me completely saturated with joy and delight. Edwards and Miller have crafted a refreshingly light-hearted musical comedy…
Broadwayworld.com
Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch and her terrific cast play up the strengths of the script very well…and Goldberg gives the most interesting performance of the night as the ambitiously cunning woman on the rise who is inexperienced enough to make rookie mistakes.
Backstage
Well written, acted, and directed, Paper Dolls doesn’t feel like a Fringe offering at all.
Theaterscene.net
Reported to be one of the best selling tickets of this year’s Fringe Festival, Paper Dolls lived up to the advance notice…Claire’s former assistant and current nemesis Tammy is deliciously portrayed by Allison Goldberg as a former ingenue who becomes sneaky and double-crossing in her rise as a competitor.
