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Laine Rettmer and Nina Kassa in For Artists Only at the Ontological Hysteric Theater, December 2009
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For Artists Only premiered in full length at the Ontological Hysteric Theater in New York City this December 2009.
* “Highbrow/Brilliant” (New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix).
* “Runs the gamut from intimacy to claustrophobia, and it doesn’t tarry often along the way....Jonas adroitly conjures their sulky, competitive, erotically edged friendship...” (Claudia LaRocca, New York Times)
From nytheatre.com:
Julia May Jonas's company Nellie Tinder stages scenes in "For Artists Only" that have a sort of filmic quality. Or perhaps more accurately, they invoke a perspective of watching people interact through a window. Her piece is staged in a narrow area along the upstage wall. The scenes move quickly, each tightly framed by moving black curtains. It's a wonderfully unique device that arouses our voyeuristic impulses. What we're peeking at are two roommates in a small apartment struggling to cope with each other's idiosyncrasies. They walk in and out of frame (just like those people across the street from me). It's a tense piece; the two women always seem to be on the verge of an explosive fight. And when things got bloody, I was looking for my binoculars.
"Incredibly engaging and dry sense of humor," "Julia May Jonas belongs on stage", "ludicrous and larger-than-life", "Her sense of fun and mischief ... is wonderfully alive" - www.nytheatre.com review of Nellie Tinder/Julia May Jonas solo work, "Take Heart" at PS122
Hannah Heller and Julia May Jonas in workshop of For Artists Only - photo by Sue Kessler