Feb 21, 2024 | Airness, Articles, Press
BY JODI HECKEL | ARTS AND HUMANITIES EDITOR | February 21, 2024 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A group of nerds playing air guitar competes in bars across the country, seeking the pinnacle of self-expression that the competitors call “airness.” A play of the same name follows...
Oct 10, 2023 | Press, The Kilroys
By Kobi Kassal | October 10, 2023 9:10 AM LA and NYC-based playwright, director, producer collective The Kilroys are back with their annual List, but are changing things up this time around. After almost a decade of creating The List as a tool for producers committed...
Oct 10, 2023 | Articles, Press, The Kilroys
New Plays don’t get made in a vacuum, and with The Web, The Kilroys are celebrating the whole ecosystem that brings them to life. By: Stephi Wild | Oct. 10, 2023 all portraits by Vexx Daniel Continuing to mobilize and leverage their own power to support and...
Oct 10, 2023 | Press, The Kilroys, Uncategorized
The annual catalog has been retooled to highlight the support system necessary for parity in the American theatre. By Margaret Hall | October 10, 2023 Continuing its mission to achieve parity in the American theatre, the independent, L.A.- and NYC-based collective The...
Jul 7, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Don’t miss this treat from Contemporary Theater Company! By: Christopher Verleger | Jul. 07, 2023 What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about air guitar? Now try to imagine a national championship with actual stage performances and musical...
Apr 14, 2023 | Airness, Articles, Press
by John Olson | April 13, 2023 As a certain song popularized by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in 1981 suggests, who doesn’t love rock “n roll and at times fantasize about themselves as a rock star? Many of those who can’t fight that feeling anymore...
Feb 6, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
This is the last week to see this amazing show. (photo by Ross Zentner) by Scott Rawson | Feb. 06, 2023 I did not attend Foreword Theater’s Airness on Saturday with any intention to review the show. In fact, I said to my partner, “It will be nice to just...
Feb 3, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
By Lindsay Christians | February 3, 2023 Listening to someone describe competitive air guitar is like being pitched on an obscure religion, or a pyramid scheme. Performative air guitar is, to its adherents, “the truest art form. The only pure art form left.” It prizes...
Jan 31, 2023 | Airness, Press, Reviews
Audience members, get ready to embrace your inner rocker. by Gwendolyn Rice | January 31, 2023 Marcus Truschinski as Facebender. (photo by Ross Zentner) In the words of every front man for a big hair metal band, “Are you ready to rock?” Because rock you will,...
Jan 18, 2023 | Airness, Articles, Press
By Mike Fischer | January 18, 2023 tickets here Learning How to Play The legion of happy souls out there playing air guitar – c’mon, you know who you are – give voice to feelings for which we have no words. Air guitar is both irresistible and cause for embarrassment,...
