Stolen Chair presents the second installment of its CineTheatre Tetralogy, a timely absurdist film noir for the stage as Ionesco might have imagined it, creating comic chaos out of the possibility that American life might actually be pointless.

A leggy redhead is shot dead in the middle of her nightclub act and Ben Farrell, American private detective, is on the case. The list of suspects grows to include a fatalistic femme fatale, an avaricious publisher, and a millionaire playboy who pens a serialized crime novel called…Kill Me Like You Mean It. Turns out that art imitates life and Ben Farrell finds his own life in the pages of the playboy’s pulp fiction while the redhead’s simple murder mystery quickly degenerates into a sick game for which Farrell never learned the rules.

Audience Development for Indie Theater (Episode #64): Josh Sherman moderates a very pertinent discussion among representatives of three new indie theater companies about strategies for building audience. Panelists: Janet Zarecor (Impetuous Theater Group), Aviva Meyer (Managing Director, Stolen Chair Theatre Company), and Kevin Doyle (Sponsored by Nobody). (18:14)

Coming soon: Kill Me Like You Mean It director Jon Stancato, dramaturg Emily Otto, and performers Alexia Vernon discuss Stolen Chair's latest collective creation. The podcast will also include a preview of the play, featuring Alexia Vernon and Cameron J. Oro.

Coming shortly after soon: Kiran Rikhye (Stolen Chair's Resident Playwright) will be discussing The Man Who Laughs in a Playing with Canons panel discussion with Rob Reese (Artistic Director of Amnesia Wars and adapter of Frankenstein) and John Clancy (Obie Award-winning director and writer of Fatboy).

Featuring a behind-the-scenes look at Stolen Chair's one-of-a-kind collaborative development process, reflections on film noir, theatre of the absurd, and politically-relevant theatre, and nearly nightly (or in the very least, semi-weekly!) updates on all things Stolen Chair, the blog has opened up new possibilities for us to dialogue with our audience about our work and the thoughts that support it.

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Coming soon: Don't miss an unprecedented interview series featuring discussions with some of indie theatre's hottest playwrights and directors as they reveal the many ways in which film noir has inspired their work. Artists include Trav SD, Ian W. Hill, State of Play Theatre, Isaac Rathbone, Sheryl Kaller, Todd Michael, and Robert Neblett, among others...