Jul 18, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Kevin C. Vestal | published July 18, 2018 Chelsea Marcantel does not hold a degree in primatology, but she said she sees her work as a playwright as akin to the way Jane Goodall’s research exposed the world to chimpanzee culture. “I like to describe myself as a...
Jul 13, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Kevin C. Vestal | Published July 13, 2018 Chautauqua Theater Company’s conservatory actors are used to playing make believe, but this weekend they will take their imitation to a new, rocking level. With one notable exception, the cast of Airness is entirely made up...
Jul 11, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Kevin C. Vestal | Published July 11, 2018 As Chautauqua celebrates “The Art of Play,” members of Chautauqua Theater Company are tuning their air guitars for Airness, which opens this weekend. To familiarize audiences with the fun and very real world of competitive...
May 23, 2018 | Airness, Press, Reviews
By Mitchel Benson | Published May 23, 2018 Playwright Luigi Pirandello’s celebrated and controversial “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” written and first performed in 1921, was a drama within a drama and chock full of existential angst emanating from six...
May 16, 2018 | Airness, Press, Reviews
by Bev Sykes | Published May 16, 2018 How much, if anything, do you know about the art of the air guitar? You have probably seen someone pretending to play the guitar, without an instrument, but is it really air guitar? Chelsea Marcantel, the author of a play called...
May 11, 2018 | Airness, Interviews, Press
Published on the B-Street Theatre Blog | May 11, 2018 Chelsea Marcantel is the award winning playwright of Airness. She is not an air guitarist. Nor does she come from an air guitar shredding family. However, through her own experiences, she found the world of air...
Apr 11, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
The prize recognizes her play ‘Book of Will’ and comes with $25,000. by American Theatre Editors | published April 11, 2018 LOUISVILLE, KY.: The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) presented two of its play prizes at Actors Theatre of Louisville‘s annual...
Apr 10, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by Rick Pender | published April 10, 2018 Inclusion was big this year, with virtually all the plays representing refreshingly nontraditional perspectives. I travel to Louisville, Ky. annually to take the pulse of American theater at Actors Theatre, when it presents...
Apr 6, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press
by BWW News Desk | Published Apr. 6, 2018 The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has named Airness by Chelsea Marcantel the winner of the 2018 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award. The award, which recognizes an emerging playwright, will be presented at the...
Apr 5, 2018 | Airness, Articles, Press, Reviews
posted April 5, 2018 ATCA has named Chelsea Marcantel winner of the 2018 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award recognizing an emerging playwright. The award will be presented at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville on April 7. The Osborn Award cites...
