THIS WEEK’S TWEAKS at The Infinite Wrench ~ August 25–27: “From Anxious Zucchini to Cool Cucumber”


“This Week’s Tweaks” is The Neo-Futurist’s weekly update on the ongoing & ever-changing THE INFINITE WRENCH, a live mechanism to unleash a barrage of two-minute plays for the present audience. Check in every week for updates on the new plays and rotating Neo-Futurist ensemble members.

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Aug 25, 2017 · 2 min read

Ida Cuttler, fearlessly conquering those onstage nerves (photo credit: Joe Mazza)

Next week there will be some new faces joining the current ensemble of The Infinite Wrench. One of those new faces is Joanna Jamerson. And performing alongside Joanna is everyone’s old friend, Ida Cuttler. They’ll both be in the show next week, including a host of other Neo-Futurists starting new runs for the new month of September.

This week, however, Ida wrote a play in which she chats with Joanna about her upcoming Wrench debut (JJ is currently observing/shadowing the show in preparation of jumping in), sharing with us all her secret to containing the nerves she felt when she began her life as a Neo.

from Observer; Observing. by Ida Cuttler

IC: Joanna are you nervous about starting in the show next week?

JJ: Yes.

IC: I was nervous too. And let me tell you something about the nervousness. It doesn’t really go away. In fact the nervousness here, in daily life…I may appear as cool as a cucumber but in reality I’m as on edge as a zucchini.

JJ: A zucchini.

IC: The most anxious of vegetables.

JJ: Right.

IC: Wanna know what my secret is?

JJ: I have a feeling you are going to tell me.

(IC whispers it to Joanna)

Whatever is the secret? Well, that will cost between $9-$19, this very weekend.

<<This Week’s Cast, Plays and Tweaks>>

Cast: Lisa Buscani, Ida Cuttler, Nick Hart, Kyra Sims, Malic White. (with Taylor Fenderbosch on tech)

Play Count: 10 NEW (TOTAL: 9969 since 1988). ~ Gastro-Confessional (MW) ~ We took backroads(IC) ~ Poochie Mouth Extravaganza: Lisa and Malic’s Tribute to the Masculine (LB & MW) ~ Eclipse at the speed of gravity.(NH) ~ piano lessons (KS) ~ I’ll show YOU a careless whisper (IC) ~ Observer: Observing. (IC) ~ poetry slam (MW & NH & LB) ~ Lawn Gnome Stage Cross (NH) ~ Every Phone Conference Ever: Deconstructed: as told through this scene from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (NH) ~

Tweaks: 30 PLAYS and 3 WRENCHES (hints: Melissa Etheridge, lost limbs). Plays labelled according to their place in the Total Play Count, written and accumulated since 1988.


Visit neofuturists.org for tickets to “TIW.” What feelings do YOUR vegetables have?

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