As those of you in the OC know, in addtion to the very satisfying work I do for The Opportunity Show, from time to time I produce theater work that I passionately believe needs to be seen. Such is the case with the spoken word artist, Minton Sparks. You probably have'nt heard of Minton if you're not already a fan of spoken word, storytelling, country. In fact, she's hard to categorize.
When I saw Minton at last year's Dodge Poetry festival, I fell in love with her ability to fuse exquisitely honed texts with powerful performances of the characters and stories that shaped her upbringing in rural Tennessee. I knew we had to introduce Minton Sparks to New York in a bigger way.
My Ask is this: Come see her and bring a friend, or 10. You have 10 great opportunities to see her June 2-5 and 9-12 at the intimate Manhattan Theatre Source. Catch a glimpse in the video below, or visit her website at http://mintonsparks.com for more examples of her work. And do forward this email to anyone you think might be interested.
My Offer is this: I give each of you 2 pairs of tickets to 'gift' to anyone you'd like during the first weekend. Just email their names and email address to ryan@flyingmachineproductions.com and we'll set aside their tickets.
Best,
Andrew Levine
Executive Producer of Flying Machine Productions
Minton Sparks Live at the Station Inn
Minton Sparks brings her
storytelling magic to NYC
June 2nd - 12th
Limited engagement with
Guitarist John Jackson
Spoken Word Artist Minton Sparks offers tales tall and small, dark and whimsical from her native south.
"They say lightning never strikes twice. At our house, White Lightning struck every night. A painful past will make you a walking target, like a lonely pine in an open field." --Minton Sparks
"I have seen Minton Sparks. And if she's not the ghost child of Flannery O'Connor and Hank Williams, then cotton doesn't grow in a cotton field."
-- Rocker Marshall Chapman
"Plenty of people are straddling the musical and literary worlds these days, but few are as original - or as magnetic - as Minton Sparks."
-- Nashville Scene February 2011
"Seeing Minton Sparks perform live is like being in a room with a snake. It may or may not be poisonous, but it doesn't matter. You're not taking your eyes off the snake."
