John O'Keefe Parts 1 & 2

John O'Keefe, playwright, director and solo performer, is one the originators of The Blake Street Hawkeyes in Berkeley, California. He was one of the leaders of experimental theatre in the Bay Area in the early 1970's and has continued leading ever since. He recently performed Walt Whitman's Song of Myself first at the Public Theatre in NYC and during the summer of 2007 at The Marsh in San Francisco where he will continue performing it in September 2007.

In the first part of the interview, O'keefe talks about his origins in theatre at The Iowa Theatre Lab. He references music innovators such as John Cage, Luciano Berio and Karlhainz Shtockhausen as well as theatre innovator Jerzy Grotowski, a Polish theatre director and major innovator of 20th century theatre.

Part 1 - Growing Up in the MidWest (4:51)
Part 1 - Very Close to CD-Quality MPEG-4 (Broadband) (6.7M)
Part 1 - High Quality MPEG-4 (ISDN) (3.4M)
Part 1 - Highest Quality MPEG-4 available for Dial_up (1.7M)


In the second part of the interview, O'Keefe continues his work as a Blake Street Hawkeye. Also mentioned is The Magic Theatre of San Francisco, David Schein and Bob Ernst who were other originator members of The Blake Street Hawkeyes and George Coates who started Performance Works.

Part 2 - Coming to California (7:49)
Part 2 - Very Close to CD-Quality MPEG-4 (Broadband) (10.9M)
Part 2 - High Quality MPEG-4 (ISDN) (5.5M)
Part 2 - Highest Quality MPEG-4 available for Dial_up (2.8M)