Back in December of 2010 I was part of a stage production that took an abstract look at the American Revolutionary War and American culture in general. Directed by Dayna Hanson formerly of 33 fainting Spells, Gloria’s Cause was a fun and messy assortment of scenes that sometimes appeared to come from nowhere. The show had multiple dancers and actors and a live band that almost all of us performed in. I fulfilled all three roles, some much better than others.

The show was co-presented by Seattle theater On The Boards and they paid for a film crew to document the work. That documentation can be seen at ontheboards.tv.  There’s some small amount of compensation the theater needs for the production work to be cost sufficient so be prepared to pay. I’ve watched the video several times and it’s great; the film crew did a wonderful job!

I’d also like to point out a short feature that appeared on cable TV about us: Gloria’s Cause Short Feature.

And here’s some screen shots from the On The Boards video. Now go watch it!!!

Published by Pol Rosenthal

Pol Rosenthal has been working in Seattle's theater and music scenes for over 20 years. He used to publish a cultural arts journal then moved to Seattle to be in a rock band, TCHKUNG. This lead to him working with DK Pan's senses altering Butoh company, the P.A.N. In the late 90s he worked for sonic conspiracy company Muzak and while walking out the door helped found radical street art/action group the Infernal Noise Brigade. There he befriended and became a member of multi-disciplinary effort The Degenerate Art Ensemble. Eventually, he moved in next door to Seattle theater company Implied Violence (now St. Genet) and has enjoyed a multi-year, unhealthy relationship to their demanding work and philosophies. Last year he was in Curtis Taylor's 'The White Days' as an "actor". Presently he's wrapped up dancing in Paige Barnes' modern dance piece 'Lead Bunny' (Oct 2012) and is working on Dayna Hanson's rock musical 'Gloria's Cause'. In October he collaborated with Real Change editor Rosette Royale on a wonderful installation, 'JungleBox', for City Arts Fest.