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Seth Eisen

  • August 26, 2016

    Rainbow Logic

    6:34 PM Byseth
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    By Seth Eisen In 2006 after Remy Charlip had a stroke I was given the task of packing and moving all of his artwork and personal items to storage and to help facilitate the creation of a list of every item in the collection- a massive task. I worked for several months to support the […]

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  • July 26, 2014

    Pride and Polaroids: a review of Homo File by Cleo Dubois

    12:36 AM Byseth
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    Here is a moving article about Homo File by BDSM educator, coach, scholar and advocate Cleo Dubois. What an honor to have had her come see the show two times and to have participated on our panel discussion on June 6th. http://www.leatherati.com/2014/07/pride-and-polaroids/

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  • June 24, 2014

    Fly in the Ointment: Help lubricate Homo File

    3:32 PM Byseth
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      What a wonderful run !!! It’s been a week since we closed Homo File and the excitement continues. We sold out 8 of 9 shows in our run and we are starting to make plans to take the show to other cities.                         […]

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  • June 4, 2014

    BROTHERS- Impressions on Homo File

    3:19 PM Byseth
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    BROTHERS By Martin Schwartz These are impressions by playwright/theater director Martin Schwartz about the Work in Progress showing we presented a month before the show opened. A hot Sunday a few weeks ago, March 30. I walk the block and a half from where I live to CounterPULSE for a work-in-progress showing of Homo File. […]

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  • May 27, 2014

    Kindred Mirror- Surprising Spirit–On Sam Steward and Homo File

    9:30 AM Byseth
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    When I saw my college art instructor Seth Eisen at the Homo File Salon, his greeting was warm and sincere in his thanks for my support. Nevertheless his genuine warmth couldn’t hide some genuine curiosity as to my presence. He asked me to come up with a few words as to what Sam Steward’s significance […]

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  • April 4, 2014

    Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

    4:36 PM Byseth
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    Sam Steward’s fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art.  For this iteration of Homo File I’ve taken a dive into researching Steward’s life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written […]

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  • April 1, 2014

    Homo File’s First 2014 Work-in-Progress

    12:51 AM Byseth
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    Here is a photo from our March 30th work-in-progress showing of the new and updated Homo File which will premiere May 30th at CounterPULSE for the National Queer Arts Festival. The show chronicles the fascinating life of queer shapeshifter and iconoclast Sam Steward. In the late 1930s Steward met the painter Sir Francis Rose (played […]

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  • October 10, 2012

    A short piece about Sam Steward and Homo File

    3:01 PM Byseth
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    By Edward Guthmann -Freelance writer and former SF Chronicle film critic Thanks for your wonderful “Homo File.” It’s very inventive and smart, and I felt it captured a lot about Sam very accurately. Also liked the casting of your lead actor as Sam. Would love to see how it develops. I knew Sam for a […]

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  • September 29, 2012

    Homo File is loved by audiences. Last chance to catch a glimpse of “the Zelig of 20th Century homosexuality”.

    5:57 PM Byseth
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    Well the run has been amazing thus far with sell out houses and very enthusiastic audiences for both Homo File and FML. We got wonderful press coverage and  appeared in several blogs. Here are a few. A fabulous article by Kimberly Chun in the SF Chronicle 96 hours Really interesting article by Richard Dodds in […]

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  • September 21, 2012

    Audience Reactions to Seth Eisen and Xandra Ibarra

    6:10 PM ByShamsher
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