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The Debate Society is a Brooklyn based company that creates new plays through the collaboration of Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen (writer/performers) and Oliver Butler (director/developer).
Typically shaping a new play via a rigorous 12-18 month development process, the company specialises in creating stories set in supremely intricate, vividly theatrical worlds.
The Debate Society’s plays include Buddy Cop 2 (Ontological-Hysteric Incubator; published by Samuel French), You’re Welcome (The Brick; published by Playscripts), Cape Disappointment (PS122; published in PLAY A JOURNAL OF PLAYS), The Eaten Heart, The Snow Hen and A Thought About Raya.
The Debate Society awarded a “Village Voice Best of Award” for “Best Argument for Devised Theater - 2010”. The Debate Society trio is 2011 Sundance Institute Fellows.
The company’s past tour destinations include Portland, OR, Austin, TX, Hartford, CT, Martha’s Vineyard, MA and Syracuse, NY. The work of The Debate Society supported by grants from NEA/chashama, The Greenwall Foundation, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The Puffin Foundation, The Sons of Norway Foundation, Fractured Atlas and The Mancini Foundation, The Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Foundation.
THE TEAM
Hannah Bos, Writer/Performer.
Paul Thureen, Writer/Performer.
Oliver Butler, Director.
The Debate Society
P.O. Box 283
Greenpoint Station
Brooklyn,
NY 11222-0283
USA
oliver@thedebatesociety.org
Here are few videos reflect some of their work.