Josh Hornbeck

Author's details

Name: Josh Hornbeck
Date registered: November 21, 2010

Biography

Josh Hornbeck is a co-founder and Artistic Director of quiet. A writer and director, his plays have been performed by Seattle Pacific University, Taproot Theatre Company, Westmont College, the Word Players, and Life Center.

Latest posts

  1. quiet Acts: Two Explorations of Feminity — May 25, 2011
  2. Notes from the Barnstorm — May 13, 2011
  3. The Vacuum, or You Can’t Create Art In a Bubble — April 27, 2011
  4. quiet Acts: Exploring Femininity — April 14, 2011
  5. quiet Speaks and quiet Shorts – Two Celebrations of Artists, Their Art, and the Possibility of Change — April 11, 2011

Most commented posts

  1. Sacrilege in Seattle — 2 comments
  2. The Taming of the Shrew – Performance Response — 2 comments
  3. Permanent Markings — 2 comments
  4. Notes from the Barnstorm — 1 comment

Author's posts listings

May 25

quiet Acts: Two Explorations of Feminity

I can’t tell you how excited I am that we are about to open quiet Acts, our evening of one-act plays, in less than a week.  It’s really exciting to see all of the work of our artistic team and our actors come together.  It’s been exciting to see how our playwright for Prey, Laura …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/quiet-acts-two-explorations-of-feminity/

May 13

Notes from the Barnstorm

Last weekend, quiet partnered with two other non-profit arts organizations (The Heroes and Rainy Night Productions) to present Barnstorm: The Cabaret Re-Imagined.  Together, the three organizations transformed an empty storefront in Downtown Seattle into a bar, performance space, and art gallery.  Over three nights, hundreds of people came through for great food and drinks, thought-provoking …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/notes-from-the-barnstorm/

Apr 27

The Vacuum, or You Can’t Create Art In a Bubble

I’m in the middle of my second draft of the script for quiet‘s August production, The Beating of a Warrior’s Heart.  As I’ve been exploring the characters and discovering the story over the past month and a half (not including the year that this project has been germinating in the background while working on other …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/the-vacuum-or-you-cant-create-art-in-a-bubble/

Apr 14

quiet Acts: Exploring Femininity

Sunday night I sat in on the first reading for our latest production, quiet Acts – an evening of one-act plays that opens June 1.  I am so excited about our latest theatrical project, and hearing our actors dive into their first read-through was absolutely fantastic.
The evening will feature The Other Woman, by Casey Kelly, …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/quiet-acts-exploring-femininity/

Apr 11

quiet Speaks and quiet Shorts – Two Celebrations of Artists, Their Art, and the Possibility of Change

When we first began quiet, back in 2004, we were very explicit with the fact that we wanted to be forming a multi-disciplinary arts community.  We didn’t just want to be about theatre, or music, or the written word – but we wanted the organization we were forming to encompass any …

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Mar 04

A Comic Tragedy: Final Reflections on “The Taming of the Shrew”

 
It’s been a week since we closed our production of The Taming of the Shrew, and I’ve spent the last few days reflecting on the play, our performances, and the entire process of putting this production together.  The audience response was especially intriguing.  Shrew is typically performed as a broad comedy, brimming with slapstick humor …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/a-comic-tragedy-final-reflections-on-the-taming-of-the-shrew/

Feb 09

The Taming of the Shrew – Performance Response

With our production of The Taming of the Shrew set to open this Friday, we wanted to create a venue for dialogue that goes beyond our panel discussions and the usual post-performance chit-chat.  With that in mind, we’re setting up space on the blog for your thoughts and comments about our performance of The Taming …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/the-taming-of-the-shrew-response/

Jan 28

Permanent Markings

My wife got her first tattoos just a few days ago.  She’s been looking forward to this for years and we finally buckled down, made the appointment, and headed off to Cicada Tattoos up on Aurora.  Sure, she was nervous and a bit anxious about the appointment in the days leading up to the fateful …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/permanent-markings/

Jan 16

Sacrilege in Seattle

I hope the Seahawks lose their game today.  I know this will probably annoy a few people and possibly even make a few more angry, but what can I say?  I really hate football and I look forward with great anticipation to the season finally being over.   It’s all anyone seems to be able to …

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Permanent link to this article: http://quietonline.org/blog/sacrilege-in-seattle/

Jan 02

Of Man Men and Shrews

The new year has begun and we’re getting ready to launch into our second blocks of rehearsals for quiet‘s upcoming production of The Taming of the Shrew, set amidst the whiskey-soaked chauvinism of early 1960.  As we were thinking of established plays to produce for our season-long examination of issues surrounding gender, Shrew seemed like …

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