Review Fix Exclusive: Sean Jenny  Talks ‘Look Alive, Starshine’

Review Fix chats with playwright Sean Jenny about his newest production “Look Alive, Starshine” currently running at this year’s Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York City. Jenny also discusses his creative process, his excitement at producing his own work and what he hopes people get out of the production.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration for this production?

Sean Jenny: Volatile relationships, clinical depression, and the allegory of the cave.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Jenny: Much of this play was originally written as a poem, inspired by passages and paragraphs I wrote using the Elinor Fuchs world building technique.

Review Fix: What makes you different from other playwrights?

Jenny: Missing information makes you pay attention. I enjoy throwing an audience into a fully realized world where they cannot expect to have their hands held.

Review Fix: If this what you always wanted to do?

Jenny: Producing my own original work? Yes indeed!

Review Fix: What makes this production special?

Jenny: This is a piece which I have been developing for a year now. Its final product is a happy surprise.

Review Fix: How is your cast unique?

Jenny: My cast has a naturalistic energy but are still unafraid of the theatrical. They are inspired theatre artists who are entirely collaborative and unselfish.

Review Fix: What did you learn about yourself through this process?

Jenny: That you need to be willing to hear people. The show can adapt, and adaptation can be necessary so long as the message is intact.

Review Fix: How does it feel to be a part of this festival?

Jenny: Having worked in the festival as an actor in Beautiful Dreamer by Samantha Connolly last year, I look forward to working behind the scenes as a director/playwright.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the production?

Jenny: To tell a story which is intimate, personal, and haunting.

Review Fix: Who do you think will enjoy it the most?

Jenny: Anyone who has ever spent too much time trapped inside.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Jenny: Developing new work with The New Group, Theatre Plastique, and Untitled Theatre Performance Collective. Further learning and gallivanting around Brooklyn!

mm
About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*