Sat February 16, 2019
Poetics 2: A Play About the Secret History of Comedy
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Moments before Seth Rogen is killed, his assistant delivers a mysterious message to a pair of young classicists at an academic conference. The message, a baffling riddle hidden inside the comedy classic Who’s On First, sets them on a trail of clues, hidden in famous works of comedy, that will deliver the classicists to one of the best-kept secrets in history... and unimaginable power.
The Poetics is Aristotle’s famous treatise about drama. The first half is about tragedy, and is still taught in writing classes around the world. The writer Aaron Sorkin said that “if there’s something wrong with your story, you probably broke one of Aristotle’s rules.”
The second half of the Poetics is about comedy, and is one of the most famous lost books in history. Classicists have been searching for it for centuries. It didn't make to modern times. Somewhere along the way... it was lost.
OR WAS IT????
In the world of Poetics 2, the second half of Aristotle’s Poetics can bestow upon its wielder an awesome power — the ability to create comedy so funny that it can make an audience laugh so hard that they asphyxiate. Satire so sharp that it can radically change whole societies.
Shakespeare had a few pages of the Poetics. That’s why his comedies were so funny. So did Moliere, Cervantes, and Jonathan Swift. Dave Chapelle was rumored to possess a few fragments but they were stolen from him and that’s why he left his show and went to Africa.
When our young classicists receive Who's on First from Seth Rogen's assistant, they quickly that they are on the trail of Poetics 2... and that they are our only hope to save this awesome power from falling into the wrong hands.
For more information visit:
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The Poetics is Aristotle’s famous treatise about drama. The first half is about tragedy, and is still taught in writing classes around the world. The writer Aaron Sorkin said that “if there’s something wrong with your story, you probably broke one of Aristotle’s rules.”
The second half of the Poetics is about comedy, and is one of the most famous lost books in history. Classicists have been searching for it for centuries. It didn't make to modern times. Somewhere along the way... it was lost.
OR WAS IT????
In the world of Poetics 2, the second half of Aristotle’s Poetics can bestow upon its wielder an awesome power — the ability to create comedy so funny that it can make an audience laugh so hard that they asphyxiate. Satire so sharp that it can radically change whole societies.
Shakespeare had a few pages of the Poetics. That’s why his comedies were so funny. So did Moliere, Cervantes, and Jonathan Swift. Dave Chapelle was rumored to possess a few fragments but they were stolen from him and that’s why he left his show and went to Africa.
When our young classicists receive Who's on First from Seth Rogen's assistant, they quickly that they are on the trail of Poetics 2... and that they are our only hope to save this awesome power from falling into the wrong hands.
For more information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/243063769923763
Moments before Seth Rogen is killed, his assistant delivers a mysterious message to a pair of young classicists at an academic conference. The message, a baffling riddle hidden inside the comedy classic Who’s On First, sets them on a trail of clues, hidden in famous works of comedy, that will deliver the classicists to one of the best-kept secrets in history... and unimaginable power.
The Poetics is Aristotle’s famous treatise about drama. The first half is about tragedy, and is still taught in writing classes around the world. The writer Aaron Sorkin said that “if there’s something wrong with your story, you probably broke one of Aristotle’s rules.”
The second half of the Poetics is about comedy, and is one of the most famous lost books in history. Classicists have been searching for it for centuries. It didn't make to modern times. Somewhere along the way... it was lost.
OR WAS IT????
In the world of Poetics 2, the second half of Aristotle’s Poetics can bestow upon its wielder an awesome power — the ability to create comedy so funny that it can make an audience laugh so hard that they asphyxiate. Satire so sharp that it can radically change whole societies.
Shakespeare had a few pages of the Poetics. That’s why his comedies were so funny. So did Moliere, Cervantes, and Jonathan Swift. Dave Chapelle was rumored to possess a few fragments but they were stolen from him and that’s why he left his show and went to Africa.
When our young classicists receive Who's on First from Seth Rogen's assistant, they quickly that they are on the trail of Poetics 2... and that they are our only hope to save this awesome power from falling into the wrong hands.
For more information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/243063769923763
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The Poetics is Aristotle’s famous treatise about drama. The first half is about tragedy, and is still taught in writing classes around the world. The writer Aaron Sorkin said that “if there’s something wrong with your story, you probably broke one of Aristotle’s rules.”
The second half of the Poetics is about comedy, and is one of the most famous lost books in history. Classicists have been searching for it for centuries. It didn't make to modern times. Somewhere along the way... it was lost.
OR WAS IT????
In the world of Poetics 2, the second half of Aristotle’s Poetics can bestow upon its wielder an awesome power — the ability to create comedy so funny that it can make an audience laugh so hard that they asphyxiate. Satire so sharp that it can radically change whole societies.
Shakespeare had a few pages of the Poetics. That’s why his comedies were so funny. So did Moliere, Cervantes, and Jonathan Swift. Dave Chapelle was rumored to possess a few fragments but they were stolen from him and that’s why he left his show and went to Africa.
When our young classicists receive Who's on First from Seth Rogen's assistant, they quickly that they are on the trail of Poetics 2... and that they are our only hope to save this awesome power from falling into the wrong hands.
For more information visit:
https://www.facebook.com/events/243063769923763
show less
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