No Dice

No Dice is a theatre production by Nature Theatre of Oklahoma (USA).

Pavol Liška and Kelly Copper directed it.

The narrative relates to to the tradition of epic storytelling, though in an unusual manner. There is no scripted basis for the production. Instead the cast relates to models from plays and hero epics from earlier ages, such as The Odyssey and Thousand and one night. The diffuse narrative thread is based on more than hundred hours of recorded phone conversations between the actors, their friends and family; Marc Dale, Anne Gridley, Teresa Gridley, Robert M. Johanson, Jo Liegerot, Zachary Oberzan, Adam Tsekman, Katarina Vizinova and Kristin Worrall.

Information

(Objekt ID 3306)
Object type Production
Premiere 2006
Produced by Nature Theater of Oklahoma
Coproducers
In collaboration with Performing Arts Network (of Norway)
Audience All
Language English
Keywords Theatre, Improvisational theatre, Farce, Comedy, Metatheatre, Melodrama, Multimedia, Music, Conversation(s)
Running period 2006  
Duration 210 minutes

Requirements to venue

Blackout No
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In No Dice by Nature Theatre of Oklahoma topics within art, religion and work are discussed, as are personal worries: "Should I stop drinking?", "Will I be fired?" and "How do we get our hands on the great amounts from Hollywood?".

The text material is put together in new combination every time, and it is being replayed for the performers through headphones. This is contrasted by dialogues from amateur dinner theatre. While the actors work hard to transform the material from their own daily lives into art, the facade of cheap theatricality may unravel around them, and the question some spectators will ask themselves is: Will they even be able to complete it?

Together the directors Pavol Liškaand Kelly Copper have created several productions. No Dice has been described as an entertaining daily life epic with room for fake moustaches as well as pirates' hats.

Source:

BIT Teatergarasjen, spring program 2008. 07.08.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no -archive

Contributors (13)
Name Role
Kelly Copper – Concept/Idea
Pavol Liška – Concept/Idea
Kelly Copper – Direction
Pavol Liška – Direction
Lumberob Lumberob – Music
Kristin Worrall – Music
Peter Nigrini – Stage design
Anne Gridley – Actor
Thomas Hummel – Actor
Robert M. Johanson – Actor
Zachary Oberzan – Actor
Kristin Worrall – Actor
Kell Condon – Production manager
Performance dates
April 11, 2008BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 10, 2008BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 9, 2008BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk Show
April 6, 2008Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
April 5, 2008Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
April 4, 2008Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) Show
March 29, 2008Teaterhuset Avant Garden Show
March 29, 2008Teaterhuset Avant Garden Show
March 28, 2008Teaterhuset Avant Garden National premiere, Norway
2006 Worldwide premiere
Press coverage

Brian Parks on the production No Dice by Nature Theater of Oklahoma, performed during Under The Radar Festival 2007, The Call of Nature, Village Voice [New York]:
"Over the past several years the Nature Theater of Oklahoma has evolved into one of New York's most talented ensembles (...) their shows are smart, witty, highly physical, and eager to twist notions of theatricality."

Wilborn Hampton and Jason Zinoman on the production No Dice by Nature Theater of Oklahoma, performed during Under The Radar Festival 2007, Under The Radar Festival in Review, The New York Times [New York]:
"Nature Theater of Oklahoma, the most buzzedabout new troupe on the New York avant-garde scene, is certainly not for traditional tastes, its gleefully democratic spirit and old-fashioned showmanship certainly aims to please - and do so quite winningly."