#Hashtag

by NOAH NELSON
Hashtag Hashtag on NPR??!! Yup, Noah Nelson from All Tech Considered came out and made some very insightful observations on social media, the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and our social theatre experiment.

Want to see and experience #Hashtag for yourself? We have TWO shows left this weekend at Theatre Asylum! TICKETS: hff13.org/1353

“…There were moments that cleverly theatricalize the kind of present shock-inducing trauma that our ever-buzzing, always demanding digital tethers create.”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/06/27/196295312/please-text-and-tweet-during-this-theater-performance?ft=3&f=1001

by Rose Desena for The L.A. Post
#Hashtag (Collaboration from the Mechanical Heart Theater Co.)

This was both comical and informative. Six young people bring to life the high-tech world that an older person like me is a bit confused by. I had to go home and research the term Vining, but don’t be scared off; it’s really just a story about Love. Finding it, keeping it, and knowing when you have it. All mixed in with living life in a world of computer screens and beeping phones. No matter how hip or high-tech you are the heart is just a heart. Endearing characters and a creative imagination make this a very pleasant package. This was very well done and well cast. A good choice if you’re looking for something entertaining and very “today”.

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE: http://www.thelosangelespost.org/4-re...

The creators of #Hashtag invite you to a very special MIDNIGHT MADNESS PAJAMA PARTY this Thursday, June 20th!

We’ll bring the special midnight munchies and treats if YOU bring your comfiest pair o’ jammies to tweet in!
1/2 PRICE TIX with code “PJS”
http://hff13.org/1353 #hff13 #pajamaparty

HERE’S WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT HASHTAG
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Gia On The Move says “#Hashtag is a must see at the Hollywood Fringe… Definitely worth...

The disintegration of a relationship. Is that really entertaining? One could suppose, maybe in theory. In real life, well, you can always #hashtag it…and suck it baby! What an introduction to the world of Twitter. Of course most of us already know what that’s like. But #Hashtag did its best to take the concept a bit further by embroiling us in the world of utter detachment, generously brought to us by today’s all powerful Millennial Generation. Audiences are encouraged to continuously tweet, photograph, iPad-ograph and share their videos via Vine throughout the show (which I did until my phone died — of course!) But honestly after the initial impact of the #novelty the bubble bursts with this show and slowly loses air taking a slow downturn as does the main character’s relationships. “Dude, maybe it’s time to take a pause and get your head out of your phone! You’ve just lost your girlfriend, your best friend, the interest of the girl you’ve been chexting (sex cheating texting...

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Do you suffer from status anxiety? Social gridlock? How do you make your mark on a world where everyone’s an amateur artist and an armchair activist? Where do you go when you don’t know what you want from your career? From your relationships? From life?

#Hashtag is a new comedy directed by Jeffrey Wienckowski (founder and artistic director of the Sons of Beckett Theatre Co) and devised by The Mechanical Heart, a group of UCSD Alumni. It explores the daily struggle to remain engaged in the present moment while immersed in a culture built on social media.

As the audience enters the Elephant Space, they are encouraged to keep their phones ON, take photos and video (which they can upload to Instagram and Youtube) and live-tweet the characters onstage. With #Hashtag, The Mechanical Heart wants to make the never-ending distraction of social me...