PRESS
“Top Ten”
-- 2006 Montreal Fringe Festival
“Best of the Fringe”-- See Magazine (Edmonton, AB)
“The most charming original production of the year... One of A Dozen
Defining Arts Moments of 2006” – The Missoula Independent
(See two separate articles)
Article
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“Gorgeous, poetic, funny, moving…I don’t
think I’ve ever seen anything like it.” --The Urbana News-Gazette
“Twisted and beautiful…the stage is transformed into a place of
magic again and again. 4.5 stars.” – Edmonton Sun
Inaugural
production at the new Bedlam Theatre in Minneapolis (read article)
“[The Missoula Oblongata] totally reinvent space and play with the notion
of theater …like nothing I had ever seen… I felt the same way
as I did the first time I saw a Marx brothers movie.” –The
Dartmouth (read article)
“I don’t want to say that it was the best show I’ve ever
gone to, as that would be a disservice to a lifetime of wonderful memories,
formative moments and transcendent, cathartic, or historical experiences.
But it is safe to say that I have never been to a show at which I was so absolutely
and thoroughly delighted. I absolutely, without a doubt, 100% could not have
loved it any more.” –Fujichia.com
(read article)
“ Witty writing and sharp acting…This visual delight is well-suited
to its venue—a steamy boxing ring—and ideal for those not concerned
with finding immediate, literal meaning.”—City Pages Minneapolis
"[Baltimore's DIY theater scene] is perhaps best exemplified by overlapping theater factions
of Wham City, the Annex Theatre, and Missoula Oblongata...the productions are big, bold, and unendingly impressive." — Baltimore City Paper -- Best of Baltimore Issue (read article)
"Theater Without Borders" -- a cover story on us in the Cascadia Weekly (read article)
"It's like arts and crafts on crack...like a bunch of summer camp counselors performing a fairy tale with a set designed by deeply disturbed scrap-bookers...It was a kick-ass, amazing performance." The Seattlest
“Despite its place here in music listings, The Most Mysterious Day of
the Year is not a rock-'n'-roll band; it's a play. Created and performed by
the Missoula Oblongata--whose last play moved even this cynical theater-hater--
the Missoula Oblongata prides itself on its "aggressively inventive and
experimental" approach to theater. And while that may sound pretentious
and a bit daunting, it's anything but.” –The
Willamette Week (read article)
"Playfully disorienting dialogue and amusingly low-budget set design...charming
and even somewhat profound, thanks to the strength of the songs and the inventiveness
of the writing."--Baltimore City Paper (See
two separate articles)
Article
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"The surreal and the unexpected intersect in The Last Hurrah of the Clementines...really
inventive, really weird, smart, and different."--
The Seattle Weekly (read article)
"In The Missoula Oblongata's case, all signs point to an art form full
of wonder that is not dying, one that long ago broke down the fourth wall
and continues to be a transforming influence in a thriving arts community."--
The Valley Advocate (read article)
"A night at the theater has never looked so delightfully weird…Bizarrely
frolicsome, cogently playful, sweetly surreal...Such is the genius of The
Missoula Oblongata--quirky, but also exquisitely made and elegantly presented."
--
The Santa Fe Reporter (read article)
"The romance of vaudeville, the adrenaline of punk, and the playfulness
of the Children's Television Workshop...packing the house with theatre buffs
as well as with those who tend to fidget in velvet seats." --St.
Louis Magazine
"An ingenious musical playlet"-- The Knoxville Voice (See
two separate articles. The second one is a much longer article about the company
and an interview with Donna.) Article
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Also! :
Donna and Madeline were interviewed on the radio a while back, asked to speak
about the realities of being radical artists dealing with the realities of
capitalism. Listen
here!
The Missoula Oblongata has received grants from The
Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Leeway Foundation, and Arts Midwest.
