a note on brontosauruses (a little poetry about process)

We are working to excavate the Potential Brontosaurus of our piece (Eric’s favorite dinosaur is the Pluto of dinosaurs. Once thought to be the tallest of dinosaurs it was later discovered to be an Apatosaurus with too many neck bones). As we work, we build our collection of dinosaur bones. Each bone has the potential of becoming a part of our imaginary dinosaur. Eventually we will assemble the bones into whatever creature suits our fancy (Theater artists, unlike paleontologists, are not burdened by scientific integrity).

-Sam

Telephone Bronco Takes a Trip

A large portion of Telephone Bronco will be headed up to Newtown, PA tomorrow for the Groundswell Players' Barn Stompin' fundraiser (information on Facebook and LiveArts). It's a fundraiser for their Fringe show, How to Solve a Bear, and it looks like it'll be an afternoon of partying and chilling and lawn games. All things that Telephone Bronco is good at. Plus, they'll be auctioning off items, INCLUDING two (2) tickets to Cartogoraphasia, our own Fringe show! So if you are in the area, dear blog readers, you should totally come and meet Groundswell and Telephone Bronco and have an awesome afternoon.

posted by Eric

Meet the Members-Day 7

And last but not least, presenting everyone's favorite redhead:


Name: Isa St. Clair

Hometown: Williamstown, MA

Current Town: Swarthmore, PA
Role in Company: Actor

Some Recent Productions She's Been Involved In: An Oresteia, Phaedra's Love, The Measure for Measure Experiment, Romeo and Juliet, Vinegar Tom

People in the Philly Theater Scene She Loves: Pig Iron, Riot Group, Green Chair Dance Group, Headlong Dance Theater, InterAct Theatre Company
Favorite Dinosaur: Pachycephalosaurus. Duh.
Favorite Internet Procrastination Tool: Updating this blog and revisiting past Radiolab podcasts

Favorite Libation: A little vino, a little of Eric's bucking brew, a lot of class.

Meet the Members - Day 6

Today, a hybrid Bronco-Bear!


Name: Jessie Bear
Hometown: Larchmont, NY
Current Town: Philadelphia, PA
Role in Company: Actor
Some Recent/Favorite Theatrical Productions You've Been Involved In: Preparations for Departure (Matchbox Theater Company), @ Swarthmore: Macbeth, The Tempest, Vinegar Tom, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Oleanna.
People in the Philly Theater Scene You Love!: Always a fan of: Pig Iron, Nice People Theater Co.
Favorite Dinosaur: T Rex. Obvi.
Favorite Internet Procrastination Tool: goodreads.com, watching old episodes of the office on netflix, and the always fabulous tastespotting.com

Meet the Members - Day 5

Today we present the king of kings, the writer of plays, the Sam of McFeelys....

Name: McFeely Sam Goodman

Hometown: NYC

Current Town: NYC

Role in Company: Playwright

Recent Theater Productions: Eats, Shoots, and Ladders; Bodas de sangre; Rindecella and Friends

People in the Philly Theater Scene You Love: Applied Mechanics

Favorite Dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus Rex

Favorite Internet Procrastination Tool: the internet

Meet the Members - Day 4

Whoah Nelly, another Buccaneer! Let's meet the girl whose name gave rise to that unpardonable pun...Nell Bang-Jensen.

Name: Nell Bang-Jensen
Hometown: Burlington, VT
Current Town: Swarthmore, PA
Role in Company: Actor
Some Recent Theatrical Productions She's Been Involved In: Blood Wedding, Eats Shoots and Ladders, Melancholy Play, Rindecella and Friends
People in the Philly Theater Scene She Loves: Pig Iron Theater Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Applied Mechanics, Leo Callahan Improv, This Thing of Ours Sketch Comedy
Favorite Dinosaur: Triceratops
(Current) Favorite Internet Procrastination Tool: Reading about the movie BABIES
Favorite Libations: Representing my home state with Magic Hat #9

Meet the Members - Day 3

Bronco Buccaneer #3: Eric Holzhauer.

Photo Credit: Lana Robinson-Sum

Name: Eric Holzhauer

Hometown: Hudson, MA
Current Town: Swarthmore, PA
Role in Company: Actor

Some Recent/Favorite Theatrical Productions: An Oresteia, Bodas de sangre

People in the Philly Theater Scene You Love!: Pig Iron, Riot Group
Favorite Dinosaur: Brontosaurus. Poor guy isn't even a dinosaur anymore. Just an Apatosaurus that someone messed up on back in the day.
Favorite Internet Procrastination Tool: Stumbleupon

Favorite Libation: Homebrew ginger beer

Sign off with something witty? denique nullumst iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius. (Terence Eunuchus 41-42)