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john blade, super spy is up for *best comedy* and *best overall show*... vote today!!

7/22/2013

 
It's time for the 2013 Capital Fringe Festival Audience Awards, and THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF JOHN BLADE, SUPER SPY  is in the running!!

Did you laugh until you snorted out loud?

… then VOTE JOHN BLADE as "BEST COMEDY"!!!

Did you laugh/cry/scream/cheer/gasp/clutch at the stranger sitting next to you?

... then VOTE JOHN BLADE as "BEST OVERALL SHOW"!!!

To cast your votes, go to:

http://www.theatermania.com/festival/capital-fringe-2013_35/audience-awards-voting/ 


Thank you, from LIVE ACTION THEATRE!!

john blade, super spy preview of action to come!

7/10/2013

 

A CONVERSATION WITH CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS CHRIS NIEBLING AND KYLE ENCINAS

6/24/2013

 
PicturePhoto by FightGuy Photography

Question: WHAT IS LIVE ACTION THEATRE?

Chris: We are theatrical professionals who seek to elevate the art of staged violence to its rightful role as an intrinsic element of story telling.

Kyle: Yeah, we love to kick ass onstage!

Chris: Yes, but it's more than that. It's art. It's…

Kyle: About explosions! Right? Love 'em!

Chris: No! Not just explosions! Well, sort of, explosions of raw emotion and their physical manifestation…

Kyle: Lame! Feelings are stupid. We hit people! We kick! We shoot guns! It rocks!

Chris: It's more than that Kyle! It's…it's…

Kyle: It's feats of amazing martial awesomeness! It's high flying, face melting AAAAACTION!!!

Chris: This is serious!

Kyle: C'mon nerd! Give the people what they want! Give them fights, and jokes, and more fights!

Chris: Give them what they want? Fine.

*thud*

Kyle: OW! Dude, what the hell!?

Chris: I just gave them what they -- *thud* -- OW! 

Kyle: Eat this, art dick!

Chris: OW! SON OF A #@%$&!

*BIFF! ...BAM! ...POW! ...OOF! ...ZOWIE! ...SMASH!*

Chris: ART!

Kyle: POW!!


(NOTE: No co-artistic directors were harmed during the making of this interview.)

DC Metro Theater Arts Preview Article

6/16/2013

 
If you guys haven't seen it yet, our wonderful production manager Amie Root wrote a kickass preview article and it has been posted on DC Metro Theater Arts:
Scene one, the stage directions read, “A man stands at a work table cleaning a handgun, his movements cool and collected. He is handsome, worldly, refined. His stare is so potent, simply looking at a woman who is ovulating will cause that woman to immediately become pregnant.” He is John Blade. And this is The Continuing Adventures of John Blade, Super Spy, by Kyle Encinas, Live Action Theatre’s Capital Fringe debut.

In order to understand fully the journey that has led to The Continuing Adventures of John Blade, Super Spy, introducing Live Action Theatre to the DC theatre community, through the wonderful platform that is Capital Fringe, first you must come to know Live Action Theatre. L.A.T. was founded by Chris Niebling, Kyle Encinas, and Amie Root, with the vision of creating theatre that not only injects high octane action directly into the audience experience, but also theatre that shows such a high level proficiency in the art of staged violence storytelling that it serves only to heighten and expand the narrative.

Live Action Theatre strives to put audiences on the edge of their seats with works ranging from action-adventure to visceral slasher stories and all the contemporary violence in between. From the beauty of martial arts, to the anathema of personal violence, fights are always treated as an intrinsic theatrical element. The company and its casts are made up of professionals who have dedicated their lives to studying how better to create the illusion of ass kicking on stage (and film as well) for optimal audience entertainment and who wish to elevate the art and practice to the highest performance standards.

So why “The Continuing Adventures of John Blade, Super Spy”? Well it may be glaringly apparent, but when asked, playwright Kyle Encinas answered, with the ever so slight smirk of an inner child’s enthusiasm, “I really just wanted to put more guns, and fighting, and violence on stage. We have comic books, we have movies, we should be bringing more of this to theatre.”  With a cast that collectively consists of over a hundred years of stage combat experience, including three Society of American Fight Directors certified teachers, “more guns, and fighting, and violence” should not be a problem. However, audiences shouldn’t be surprised if they find themselves laughing as much as enjoying the multiple action-packed sequences. Even in the initial readings of the script, where the actors had no weapons and threw no punches, the tear-inducing heavy laughter filled the generously donated conference room. Consequently, though a literal side may occasionally be split on stage in The Continuing Adventures of John Blade, Super Spy, so will the audience’s figurative sides split with laughter.

What exactly is this play about, along with the sword fighting and fist-a-cuffs? When asked to describe the plot, Kyle says, “Basically, it starts with the eponymous hero, John Blade, about to storm the volcano lair. He has seduced a beautiful woman to gain secrets. After that, he infiltrates the volcano lair and attempts to stop the evil Professor Lawrence Tantamount from taking over the world with his evil doomsday device. And that’s where it starts and it just spins into a wonderful cavalcade of an action film adventure.” As Director Chris Niebling puts it, “Lots of action, lots of pithy humor, and then lots more action.” “There is a place for talking about feelings,” Kyle interjects, “not here.” Here is where the fists do the talking. Come and see for yourself. You may find some twists and turns in the show you did not expect.
The full post can be found here:  http://www.dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2013/06/13/the-continuing-adventures-of-john-blade-super-spy-by-amie-root/

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