samantha johns & george mcconnell
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    • faker
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    • SUPERHERO
    • SNOWFUCK: performed by Emily Gastineau and Billy Mullaney of Fire Drill, originally devised by Samantha Johns, George McConnell, Emma Barber, Erkki Paunonen, Haley Houck, Tom Lloyd, and Billy Mullaney of Fire Drill.
    • 13 Love Songs: Minneapolis Remix
    • Britney Spears's Crossroads [FL]
    • SNOWFUCK [MPLS]
    • The Taste of My Mouth [FL]
    • The Thing [MPLS]
    • The One Obstruction [MPLS]
    • CPR: Fall Movement: [NYC]
    • even if we never look forward [MPLS]
    • hello... [it's been great letting you get to know me] [FL]
    • car.sick. [MPLS]
    • POSTDANCE 3x3: Baby, I'm your baby, Baby: The Land of Milk and Honey [NYC]
    • The Hurricane Tour [FL - MN]
    • We Are Theatre [And So Can You] [MPLS]
    • This. Is. A. Stupid. Love. Story. [FL]
    • Baby, I'm your baby, Baby: The Land of Milk and Honey [PITTS]
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    • George's Work >
      • Feel the Lightning by Dan Deacon
      • Nowhere Now
      • if you'll look closely right here
    • Sam's Work

The Thing

The Thing
Directors: George McConnell & Samantha Johns
1419 Washington Ave. Minneapolis MN
January 2010

Ensemble: 
Lauren Anderson, John Francis Bueche, Tera Kilbride, Tom Lloyd, 
Alisa Mattson, Billy Mullaney  & Carly Wicks

Photos by Colleen Lamb & Marcus Johnson
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The Thing Reviews/Press
"some things you don't want to analyze because they seem fragile and different and exciting and you're afraid that if you try to take them apart and see how they work, they might break. It's like that feeling you have driving home in your car after you've just met someone who you're really excited to see again and you think you might want to, and get to, see again and again and again and again and again. The Thing is about that feeling...
The Thing breaks the rules to show you that the rules can be broken 
and so the game is even more fun than you thought it was."
-Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
"The Thing": 26 things

"there was only one show this year that I saw and then immediately made plans to see again... a kaleidoscopic, constantly changing vocabulary of words and gestures; and heartbreaking scenes of visual beauty and the kind of honesty you just can't achieve with a conventional script... it burned awkwardness like it was jet fuel. Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."
-Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
Top ten plays of 2010

"generated a charged gap between me and my hopes, the beauty and excitement of a potential connection 
and the sadness of our longing for that connection."
-Kevin Lally, Happiness is a Solid.
Blue Skies

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process photos
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  • NOW / Future Shows / Work
    • faker
    • home(made)
  • Shows / Work
    • SUPERHERO
    • SNOWFUCK: performed by Emily Gastineau and Billy Mullaney of Fire Drill, originally devised by Samantha Johns, George McConnell, Emma Barber, Erkki Paunonen, Haley Houck, Tom Lloyd, and Billy Mullaney of Fire Drill.
    • 13 Love Songs: Minneapolis Remix
    • Britney Spears's Crossroads [FL]
    • SNOWFUCK [MPLS]
    • The Taste of My Mouth [FL]
    • The Thing [MPLS]
    • The One Obstruction [MPLS]
    • CPR: Fall Movement: [NYC]
    • even if we never look forward [MPLS]
    • hello... [it's been great letting you get to know me] [FL]
    • car.sick. [MPLS]
    • POSTDANCE 3x3: Baby, I'm your baby, Baby: The Land of Milk and Honey [NYC]
    • The Hurricane Tour [FL - MN]
    • We Are Theatre [And So Can You] [MPLS]
    • This. Is. A. Stupid. Love. Story. [FL]
    • Baby, I'm your baby, Baby: The Land of Milk and Honey [PITTS]
  • Process
  • Reviews / Press
  • Contacts / Us
  • Love Notes For You
  • Solo Work
    • George's Work >
      • Feel the Lightning by Dan Deacon
      • Nowhere Now
      • if you'll look closely right here
    • Sam's Work