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| "Subway Train" (the beat) began at 11:28 p.m. December 18th 1997, and was completed at 11:31 p.m. Katy and I were lost and riding on the 6 train, I remember because it was my first time on the 6, and the green line goes up and downhill while still underground (which tripped me out). The truth is, 90% of the show was written in our 3 journals while riding the subways, mostly the 1-9 line. It was the beginning of a long slow catharsis which I was serendipitously ushered through with two of my closest friends - my soul-mates in the Liilaa, Mickey and Katy. I had lost hope, in just about everything that made me me. This is somehow sorta that story, whether finished or not...it's like a stop along the way to greater understandings I know we all continue to share. SUBWAY TRAIN is on its own ride right now...every time we've presented the show it has been very different from the previous time. These "stops" along the way are hopefully getting us to where we are going. Thank you for riding our train and helping us to see this ride to fruition. -Joshua |
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August 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 2004 New York International Fringe Festival reviews/press February 4, 2004 8PM & 10:30PM Bowery Poetry Club November 19, 2003 8PM & 10:30PM Bowery Poetry Club July 20, 2003 8PM & 10:30PM Show World November 3, 6, 10, 13, 1999 Nada Show World April 12, 20, 26, 1998 The Duplex Cabaret February 1998 The Duplex Cabaret |
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THE LIILAA COMPANY |
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| Joshua Kobak, Katy Pfaffl, and Mickey Fisher founded The Liilaa Company in 1997 with a passion to create original and exciting new works of modern musical theatre. The Sanskrit word "liilaa" translates to "divine play," a place where creative thought exists. The three met while studying musical theatre at the University of Cincinnati - College Conservatory of Music (CCM). However, their talents stretched beyond the stage, as musicians and composers for Kobak and Pfaffl, and for Fisher as a playwright and director. In his junior and senior years at CCM, Kobak wrote The Colors of Love with choral music by Pfaffl. The show was later produced with a cast and crew of 50, for eight well-received performances at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. In 1997, The Color |
