tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44286229007434275632024-03-18T21:46:53.838-05:00St. Louis Theatre SnobAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.comBlogger356125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-74274354602027502542023-06-03T20:07:00.001-05:002023-06-03T20:41:51.631-05:00TWELFTH NIGHT • St. Louis Shakespeare Festival<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismh01-Q95osB0LOXrmcMEU-IBniqPRxE3-EG2Pr7E5_5e2tqJQkqm7AXpemioZ1w-NEvasv7eZov-CZ4ph_u5sNc_8rOor5ijgKUvy2_HIKAb-jV9XJLAD3dnpH7jyyKgFfD9j5a1hecPEj1P8KHoUHz2RzJBWp82QYHxXnXe8CpwlQojEVMfgMjCGg/s2550/page0001.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1634" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEismh01-Q95osB0LOXrmcMEU-IBniqPRxE3-EG2Pr7E5_5e2tqJQkqm7AXpemioZ1w-NEvasv7eZov-CZ4ph_u5sNc_8rOor5ijgKUvy2_HIKAb-jV9XJLAD3dnpH7jyyKgFfD9j5a1hecPEj1P8KHoUHz2RzJBWp82QYHxXnXe8CpwlQojEVMfgMjCGg/s320/page0001.png" width="205" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The high times in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy are dialed up to eleven in St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s Latin-spiced production of </span><i>Twelfth Night</i>. A distinctly “Miami Beach” inspired setting steps in for the Kingdom of Illyria, and the Bard’s four hundred year-old laughs are given a fresh take via Spanish lines peppered throughout, traditional Latin songs and electronic beats.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Viola (Gabriela Saker) and her twin brother Sebastian (Avi Roque) are shipwrecked and tossed up onto foreign shores. Exiled and separated from her brother, Viola decides to disguise herself as a man, change her name to Cesario, and try to get a job with soccer star, Duke Orsino (Felipe Carrasco). This is when her entanglement in the love lives of the locals sets the plot in motion. Viola, now Cesario, is employed as a page for the lovesick Orsino, who longs for the wealthy and glamorous Olivia (Jasmine Cheri Rush), who, grieving for her brother, pines for no one. Cesario, who has fallen for Orsino, is sent to woo Olivia, who couldn’t care less about Orsino but takes an immediate shine to Cesario. It’s a hot mess.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbSB26dO9TVX37xdaqhCDkWQhcm8gzl_FZUY-sw4tI37h9uGR-IXfqW0OqklXCnHDVGN6VnPsj16Qd3cvNk4XLMCcwB65O3x3829R1L1wSFDrqNb07oR9ZpzW00blOE6TZjb22_XBadoWnWReWFH1hTUTUy01JE6ljpwT_Pns7QgLwpiWawtUW8yxeg/s6016/015_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7761.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6016" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbSB26dO9TVX37xdaqhCDkWQhcm8gzl_FZUY-sw4tI37h9uGR-IXfqW0OqklXCnHDVGN6VnPsj16Qd3cvNk4XLMCcwB65O3x3829R1L1wSFDrqNb07oR9ZpzW00blOE6TZjb22_XBadoWnWReWFH1hTUTUy01JE6ljpwT_Pns7QgLwpiWawtUW8yxeg/w320-h214/015_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7761.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Orsino (Felipe Carrasco).<br />Photo credit: Phillip Hamer Photography</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Saker distinguishes herself as one of the more introspective of the bunch as the cross-dressing Viola. She considers the reception her male guise affords her while suffering in silence, having to keep her true identity and passion hidden from the duke. Carrasco’s Orsino maintains a swagger even as he mopes around his chaise lounges, flanked by a couple of body guards. He manages a bit of fancy soccer footwork as well, ignoring his growing closeness to Cesario, preferring to stay lost in his indulgent melancholy. Rush’s Olivia is a diva with extra sauce on the side. Accompanied musically by Beyoncé’s “Crazy In Love” (chef’s kiss), Rush sashays, stomps and booty drops through her plush apartment, whether she’s relaxing with her entourage by the hot tub or quickly dabbing on makeup when Cesario comes calling on Orsino’s behalf.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWZIRF7Hs7vfZtVjVXXFF4Nd99jX2ofDOimbkPYWw_tmbGlO5QhJrgtl-Me33DOx8XOXV3_hw8OJcF0-YDHu3ToPFsPx_ScQXiCGDFRutDC1pyNqwEieMd5I1YMpV9rLy9lm4Z_fiTPlBx5pkjum0N7TcH_eoViSHMQ8UcU9C6-R72KZ_xFZTPH1xcA/s7210/048_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH1_9326.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4812" data-original-width="7210" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWZIRF7Hs7vfZtVjVXXFF4Nd99jX2ofDOimbkPYWw_tmbGlO5QhJrgtl-Me33DOx8XOXV3_hw8OJcF0-YDHu3ToPFsPx_ScQXiCGDFRutDC1pyNqwEieMd5I1YMpV9rLy9lm4Z_fiTPlBx5pkjum0N7TcH_eoViSHMQ8UcU9C6-R72KZ_xFZTPH1xcA/s320/048_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH1_9326.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Olivia (Jasmine Cheri Rush) and<br />Viola/Cesario (Gabriela Saker*).<br />Photo credit: Phillip Hamer Photography</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">But what would a Shakespearean love triangle be without a little drunken revelry thrown in? This is where show stealers Ricki Franklin and Cassidy Flynn as Toby and Aguecheek respectively, come in. Toby is Olivia’s cousin and Aguecheek is her flamboyant drinking buddy, and Franklin and Flynn paint clear, hilarious portraits of folks we all recognize -- always up for it, fun drunks. Their late-night bong wielding, line snorting debauchery keeps Olivia’s household up at night, causing headaches for the house mistress, Maria (Alisha Espinosa). They all eventually get up to no good plotting a wicked prank on Olivia’s no-nonsense, buzz-killing steward, Malvolio (Ryan Garbayo), who blindly falls for their brutal trap. And then there’s Olivia’s clever jester, Feste, played by a hard-working Esteban Andres Cruz. A silky-voiced Feste entertains the household and us, crooning Spanish tunes and playing the fool with great physical comedy, but his observations about the goings-on are among the wisest.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCT5jGjwMfF6SMLIiN2PzDo64IHao_xtpvVlceRfemRF9UlC8QOnJeDStCuYVluYX9kGe49vtHi9C_rMxQPUne7PGPftILK8LR6rIWrfLWzv_VasIEoqrsgL5JFNClb--f-TT1eUzS5S5KoGmry7VrFjKs4jkVYV28NEx7ZoTCYNUzEyb2JKDsg6kGVw/s5989/070_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7930.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3100" data-original-width="5989" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCT5jGjwMfF6SMLIiN2PzDo64IHao_xtpvVlceRfemRF9UlC8QOnJeDStCuYVluYX9kGe49vtHi9C_rMxQPUne7PGPftILK8LR6rIWrfLWzv_VasIEoqrsgL5JFNClb--f-TT1eUzS5S5KoGmry7VrFjKs4jkVYV28NEx7ZoTCYNUzEyb2JKDsg6kGVw/s320/070_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7930.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Feste (Esteban Andres Cruz*), Aguecheek (Cassidy Flynn),<br />Maria (Alisha Espinosa*) and Toby (Ricki Franklin).<br />Photo credit: Phillip Hamer Photography</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Regina García’s marble-look set oozes nightclub swank with rooftop pools, and Danielle Nieves costumes the merrymakers in bright colors and loud patterns, Miami Vice-styled suits for the twins, lingerie for Olivia and solemn black and a cowboy hat for poor old Malvolio. It’s all set to the rhythms laid down by band leader, Clave Sol’s Philip Gomez.</p><div><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">There’s nothing like a little Shakespeare under the stars in Forest Park, so get yourself to the Glen, enjoy the food and drinks on hand to purchase from STL Barkeep and Steve's Hot Dogs, and settle in for the full-out entertainment offered up by </span><i>Twelfth Night</i>.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDaCBWCdM7q_vNjceE7PYzpSHKK0L-gFnEvVMDAwAQWk3SZ-mfytvMTwotMRGMLSOWmgRdDAybaVZDaXpNoGPauX1nYCwQDeGckrctMSvfgiDroDCDVH52YUquNgNwKXeQo58fHZO1OWDJm1hEefSTNOt2n3H2SsZpo9WkPKzMSEv5N2UpEbuo2BZmA/s5849/090_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7984.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3905" data-original-width="5849" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDaCBWCdM7q_vNjceE7PYzpSHKK0L-gFnEvVMDAwAQWk3SZ-mfytvMTwotMRGMLSOWmgRdDAybaVZDaXpNoGPauX1nYCwQDeGckrctMSvfgiDroDCDVH52YUquNgNwKXeQo58fHZO1OWDJm1hEefSTNOt2n3H2SsZpo9WkPKzMSEv5N2UpEbuo2BZmA/s320/090_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7984.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Malvolio (Ryan Garbayo*).<br />Photo credit: Phillip Hamer Photography</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">TWELFTH NIGHT</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Written by William Shakespeare</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Directed by Lisa Portes</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Shakespeare Glen, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shakespeare+in+the+Park/@38.638689,-90.2915062,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x87d8b55b16ff9353:0x834f2a98f1960c68!8m2!3d38.638689!4d-90.2915062!16s%2Fg%2F11byzb8ydf?entry=ttu" target="_blank">Forest Park</a></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">through June 25 | <a href="https://stlshakes.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0S8a00000eyeZYEAY" target="_blank">tickets</a>: FREE - $250</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Performances Tuesday through Sunday, nightly at 8pm</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Cast</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Curio: Femi Aiyegbusi</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Orsino: Felipe Carrasco</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Feste: Esteban Andres Cruz*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Maria: Alisha Espinosa*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fabian/Servant: Adam Flores</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Aguecheek: Cassidy Flynn</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Toby: Ricki Franklin</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Malvolio: Ryan Garbayo*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Antonio/Valentine: Adam Poss*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Captain/Priest: Christina Rios</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sebastian: Avi Roque*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Olivia: Jasmine Cheri Rush</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Viola: Gabriela Saker*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-F22CloL0eM3iN18G01JcQ5CxgNbir4q-jT9Rwc3SWw3lsY4D7e4WnqvJ3kPht4yeMfXOiE4nmrkzXAME1QvIRQC6gLP7_lb3hbvVKaN8wKRAYoZEJRSQ0XXDVqPFVIsdA5-_ZbMdYk5QMge_fWfNKbi-HlD2CrpM4zrKHKZSe6t-7s8wNCvS5QfUw/s5749/086_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7971.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3838" data-original-width="5749" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-F22CloL0eM3iN18G01JcQ5CxgNbir4q-jT9Rwc3SWw3lsY4D7e4WnqvJ3kPht4yeMfXOiE4nmrkzXAME1QvIRQC6gLP7_lb3hbvVKaN8wKRAYoZEJRSQ0XXDVqPFVIsdA5-_ZbMdYk5QMge_fWfNKbi-HlD2CrpM4zrKHKZSe6t-7s8wNCvS5QfUw/s320/086_SHAKES_TWELFTH_NIGHT_PRODUCTIONPH2_7971.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Viola/Cesario (Gabriela Saker*) and Orsino (Felipe Carrasco).<br />Photo credit: Phillip Hamer Photography</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Creative</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Scenic Design: Regina García</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Costume Design: Danielle Nieves</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sound Design, Music Supervisor and Co-Arranger: David R. Molina</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lighting Design: John Wylie</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stage Manager: Emilee Buchheit*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Assistant Director: Christine Freije</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Dialect Coach: Elisa Gonzales</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Assistant Stage Manager: Britteny Henry*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Prop Master: Taylor Laine Abs</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Costume Shop Manager: Michele Friedman Siler</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fight Choreographer: Michael Pierce</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">* Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Musicians</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Band Leader/Piano: Philip Gomez</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bass: Tung</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Congas: Thor Anderson</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Timbales/Percussion: Herman Semidey</p>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-79877317910080724812023-04-22T11:37:00.002-05:002023-04-23T22:26:02.535-05:00GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES • The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSd-cJlFY_pjwaImgrsIU9w88RAwCZFWnFYEsJUq_NMckloUv3MoERxuD5prbX4Xv4okuvkvVDPddmi-8fNDW64q1TrH-U_-Bnzr9gZIyIWfSUBTdvSrpC3xonA0fkoKcMU8sYJGTgF1WaDcH2aV9EGlMdrWrxH2Qg7HSrNWi4wCV_GJqA-T-14fco1A/s1080/GPI_1080x1080.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSd-cJlFY_pjwaImgrsIU9w88RAwCZFWnFYEsJUq_NMckloUv3MoERxuD5prbX4Xv4okuvkvVDPddmi-8fNDW64q1TrH-U_-Bnzr9gZIyIWfSUBTdvSrpC3xonA0fkoKcMU8sYJGTgF1WaDcH2aV9EGlMdrWrxH2Qg7HSrNWi4wCV_GJqA-T-14fco1A/s320/GPI_1080x1080.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Doug and Kayleen meet in the nurse’s office at school when they’re eight years old. He’s busted up his face after riding his bike off the school roof, and she’s got stomach problems. There’s a curious examination of each other’s wounds, external and internal, carried out with all of the contrary ardor and aversion of children, and a bond is formed. The play unfolds in non-chronological scenes spanning their decades-long friendship as they drift apart, reconnect, and attempt to mend the other’s hurts.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Gruesome Playground Injuries</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> marks the return of the Steve Woolf Studio Series, and the intimate Strauss Black Box Theatre at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center is a perfect spot for it. Playwright Rajiv Joseph balances humor and poignancy during his sequence of vignettes, but we don’t end up learning a ton about the hapless protagonists during its 80-minute exploration of shared damages. Luckily, the direction and performances keep the play from wearing out its welcome.</span></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4G8aE6LSubGTRUV3sY76dFen7sgZkPyhn_AazgF4eRpXa-i3U_FUO3ObH7jQinpfZkvRNc72W6lgA1UvwTknf2dz_FwJCFy4msUwDJwOdEVhVj_RPhiz_xb2hIVSOASnClAdggYpnIkYsqWrUVdr20uIZwW0CIiBGjKIZBbaDLy2P0R-4lWK-ESK7sA/s7360/015_THEREP_GPI_EXPORTS-7140.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4912" data-original-width="7360" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4G8aE6LSubGTRUV3sY76dFen7sgZkPyhn_AazgF4eRpXa-i3U_FUO3ObH7jQinpfZkvRNc72W6lgA1UvwTknf2dz_FwJCFy4msUwDJwOdEVhVj_RPhiz_xb2hIVSOASnClAdggYpnIkYsqWrUVdr20uIZwW0CIiBGjKIZBbaDLy2P0R-4lWK-ESK7sA/s320/015_THEREP_GPI_EXPORTS-7140.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kayleen (Jessika Williams*) and Doug (Brian Slaten*).<br />Photo credit: Philip Hamer Photography</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Brian Slaten’s unfettered enthusiasm as our reckless daredevil, Doug, keeps the proceedings buoyant. Whether he’s been courting danger with fireworks or climbing telephone poles, Slaten’s goofy energy is infectious, and his attraction to Kayleen is intense and painfully evident from the start. Kayleen’s bruises are on the inside, and Jessika Williams keeps the emotional weight of her character’s struggles just below the surface. Her teenage petulance matures to compulsive evasion, but no matter how many times she tells Doug to “shut up” or sidesteps his overtures, she’s drawn to his side when he’s acquired a new injury.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Becks Redman’s direction keeps you invested in this pair of near lovers. Their fleeting interactions between scenes as they change costumes and apply fresh cuts are a very nice touch. Diggle’s set, flushed with red, makes a bold impression as you enter the theatre. There’s a reflective sphere at one end of the stage that the actors use on occasion, and it provides a fish-eyed depth to the space. The set is carpet covered (soft surfaces for the fragile), and reminiscent of a children’s romper room, with cleverly incorporated nooks and hutches for storing costumes and props.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Written by Rajiv Joseph</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Directed by Becks Redman </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kirkwood Performing Arts Center - Strauss Black Box Theatre, <a href="https://www.repstl.org/visit/our-theatres/directions-parking/kpac-parking/" target="_blank">210 E Monroe Avenue</a></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">through May 13 | <a href="https://repstl.secure.force.com/ticket/?acode=1c03e28003ccc13105c401a152eb9a7b#/events/a0S3a000007todZEAQ" target="_blank">tickets</a>: $35 - $50</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Doug: Brian Slaten*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Kayleen: Jessika Williams*</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Set Designer: Diggle</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Costume Designer: Carolyn Mazuca</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lighting Designer: Anshuman Bhatia</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sound Designer: Kareem Deanes</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Composer: David Gomez</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Assistant Director: Matthew Cox</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stage Manager: Shannon B. Sturgis*</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Production Assistant: Kentrell Jamison</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Casting: Amelia Acosta Powell</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">* Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States</p>Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-71301411757021904202021-08-07T15:19:00.000-05:002021-08-07T15:19:14.073-05:00OTHELLO • St. Louis Shakespeare Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTQuMY05ZN0Z4TlYemzW3DO8PmCP-geypG2BJ2ymnIDUKDTa5xqh-OYl07WI8T6bPmRqia6B9y1QNN14oo7O5SBKHgdAJb0o5-mTkMoVK6c2NV3MWEGPekbnt4-IQoPGVjPuAOIAMDlgf/s720/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="718" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTQuMY05ZN0Z4TlYemzW3DO8PmCP-geypG2BJ2ymnIDUKDTa5xqh-OYl07WI8T6bPmRqia6B9y1QNN14oo7O5SBKHgdAJb0o5-mTkMoVK6c2NV3MWEGPekbnt4-IQoPGVjPuAOIAMDlgf/s320/maxresdefault.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Shakespeare, six actors, 24 parks and free admission? Oh, yeah. St. Louis Shakespeare Festival’s brand new regional touring initiative, “TourCo”, is bringing a 90-minute adaptation of <i>Othello</i> to 24 public parks across the bi-state area. The stops include each of the past nine neighborhoods featured in its <a href="http://stlouistheatresnob.blogspot.com/search/label/in%20the%20streets" target="_blank">Shakespeare in the Streets</a> program, as well as spots from Clayton and Hermann, Missouri to Belleville and Brussels, Illinois. You can check out the full list by scrolling down a bit <a href="https://stlshakes.org/production/othello/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Speaking of timeless nature, what happens when a black man marries an upper-class white woman and rouses the green-eyed monster in a friend? In <i>Othello</i>, the answer is... well, nothing good really. Jason J. Little is dashing as Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army and newlywed to Desdemona (Courtney Bailey), the daughter of a local politician. She has eloped with Othello against her father’s wishes. When one of Othello’s lower-ranking soldiers, an ensign named Iago (Charlie Barron), is skipped over for a promotion he loses to Cassio (Jesse Muñoz), he vows to slander Cassio and crush Othello, with a plot to convince him that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Barron is perfectly villainous as Iago. Consumed by jealousy, he stalks back and forth, vaping and manipulating from the sidelines, sowing doubt in everyone Othello trusts, while hurling racial insults behind his back. Hannah Geisz is great as Roderigo, Iago’s willing stooge who helps move the duplicity along. Jesse Muñoz is persuasive as a framed and tarnished Cassio, and Ricki Franklin is Emilia, Iago’s outspoken wife, unwitting to his plans until it’s too late. Bailey, noticeably at ease with Shakespeare’s verse, is convincing as Desdemona, who finds herself completely unable to understand her husband’s sudden, harsh suspicions, and Little’s unraveling is palpable, as Othello goes from a confident military insider in a loving relationship, to an alienated “other”, eventually spiraling to murderous rage.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Written by William Shakespeare</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Directed by Adam Flores</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://stlshakes.org/production/othello/" target="_blank">Various Locations</a></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">through August 29 | tickets: Free, no reservations required.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Desdemona: Courtney Bailey</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Iago: Charlie Barron*</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Roderigo/others: Hannah Geisz</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Othello: Jason J. Little</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Production Design: Laura Skroska</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Costume Design: Vanessa Tabourne</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sound Design: Rusty Wandall</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Stage Manager: Emily Clinger*</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Fight Choreographer: Erik Kuhn</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Producer: Colin O’Brien</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Not long after a freelance writer and mother of two agrees to take over the advice column, “Dear Sugar”, her laptop starts to <i>ding</i> with incoming help seekers of all sorts. Whether it’s the indignity of a youngster being stuck with the uncool kids, or the indecision over trading in one lover for another, Sugar doles out advice that is clear-eyed -- the kind of attentive, candid guidance that can come from a stranger. More than once after hearing a letter, I thought to myself, “Ooo. Wonder how she’s gonna answer <i>that</i> one?” Light-hearted queries are sprinkled in among letters that deal with knottier subjects about love, loss, redemption and <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">forgiveness</span>. It’s these moments where Sugar recalls the mistakes and learned lessons from her own past with honest, relatable connections. These universal connections, elicited by strong performances, are the play’s biggest asset.<span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p>
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<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Photo credit: Patrick Huber </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">There’s no traditional plot to speak of, but director </span>Sydnie Grosberg Ronga keeps the action fluid and the actors keep us invested.<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;"> The always engaging </span>Michelle Hand is Sugar -- witty and thoughtful, while Greg Johnston, Wendy Renée Greenwood and Abraham Shaw deftly inhabit a variety of characters in Sugar’s orbit -- baring their souls one minute and challenging her proficiency the next.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Whether the messages in Sugar’s inbox are humorous or heavy, there’s familiarity in them, and encouraging affirmation in her replies, and after the year we’ve all had, that’s a really nice thing. <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: white; font-kerning: none;">It’s playing at the Grandel (with masks required) until August 8th.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Grandel Theatre, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/3610+Grandel+Square,+St.+Louis,+MO+63103/@38.6401796,-90.2337272,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b4a507bf737f:0x69c4ecffdace2bbc!8m2!3d38.6401796!4d-90.2315385" target="_blank">3610 Grandel Square</a></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">through August 8 | <a href="https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/max-and-louie-productions-tiny-beautiful-things" target="_blank">tickets</a>: $35 - $50</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Performances Sundays at 2pm, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sugar: Michelle Hand</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Letter Writer 1: Greg Johnston</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Letter Writer 2: Wendy Renée Greenwood</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Publicist/PR: Marla Stoker Ballenger</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Production Manager: Kevin Bowman</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Scenic Designer: Dunsi Dai</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Assistant Stage Manager: Rachel DeNoyer</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Costume Designer: Eileen Engel</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Graphic Designer: Tovah Enger</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Sound Designer/Audio Engineer: Phillip Evans</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Production Stage Manager: Emily Ann Fluchel</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Covid-19 Safety Officer: Lexie Godefroid</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">House & Box Office Manager: Taylor Gruenloh</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">First Electrician: Mason Hagarty</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Lighting Designer: Patrick Huber</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Managing Director: De Kaplan</p>
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“If the snake sheds his skin before a new skin is ready, naked he will be in the world, prey to the forces of chaos.” This is a line delivered by the “oldest living Bolshevik” at the start of <i>Perestroika</i>, Part Two of <i>Angels in America</i>. It’s a fitting image for the events that play out in the culmination of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, as the folks we met in <a href="http://stlouistheatresnob.blogspot.com/2019/09/angels-in-america-part-one-millennium.html#more">Part One</a> continue to cross paths, forming unlikely and often hilarious duos, shoved into chaos by the unavoidable momentum of change.</div>
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Prior (Barrett Foa), weakened by sickness in body but not in spirit, is visited by the Angel of America (Gina Daniels) when we left off, and she crashes through the ceiling with a stern, desperate admonition for the earthbound, and speaks about humans with jealous disdain. The Angel and Prior both find themselves discarded, and their interaction yields more comedy than you might expect.</div>
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Prior’s ex-lover, Louis (Ben Cherry), starts a fling with his co-worker Joe (Jayson Speters), but opposing political views soon start to rip at the seams of their relationship. Joe’s wife Harper (Valeri Mudek) is comfortably safe within her Valium-induced delusions when she’s not being fussed at or fussed over by Joe’s mother Hannah (Meredith Baxter), who’s left Salt Lake and taken a job at the Mormon Visitors Center in NYC. She becomes an unexpected salve for Prior when he’s most vulnerable, just as Belize (David Ryan Smith), a friend of Louis and Prior’s, winds up being the unlikely nurse charged with tolerating racist insults while trying to soothe <a href="https://www.sonyclassics.com/wheresmyroycohn/">Roy Cohn</a> (Peter Frechette), a closeted lawyer who is loudly dying from AIDS, and guarding a hoard of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zidovudine">AZT</a> like a dragon on a mountain of gold. He’s getting spectral visits of his own from Ethel Rosenberg (Baxter), who was executed for being a Communist spy in 1953 -- an execution Cohn proudly takes responsibility for having a hand in.</div>
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The performances of the cast members remain strong across the board, and getting to see how these characters complete their journeys after they “shed their skins” is extremely satisfying. Baxter has some wonderful moments as a steely Hannah Pitt, as well as Ethel Rosenberg, who takes pleasure in taunting Cohn about his questionable status as a lawyer while anxiously awaiting his death, and Frechette’s portrayal as Cohn, vicious as a dog in a corner, gets even more impressive as he physically deteriorates. Smith’s Belize continues to eloquently provide a cold, unclouded vision of the world, and Daniels is hard to take your eyes off of, whether she’s wrestling with Prior as the Angel (thanks in part to the great work by ZFX, Inc's flying effects) or schooling Harper as a Mormon pioneer woman from a diorama come to life. Kushner’s beautifully fearless script does right by every one of them, championing leaps of faith as the abandoned gain strength, sharing disparate but idealistically universal connections.</div>
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With a top-notch cast and creative design, director Tony Speciale paints Kushner’s grand ideas in grand fashion, making the quiet, human moments just as mesmerizing as the spectacular ones. The Rep’s dazzling production, offering repertory and marathon showings, is as visceral and compelling a production as you’re likely to see, and it’s only around for one more week. Don’t miss it.</div>
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Directed by Tony Speciale</div>
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Part Two: Perestroika at 7pm</div>
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Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Henry, Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, Aleskii Antedilluvianovich, Asiatica: Meredith Baxter*</div>
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Roy M. Cohn, Prior 2, Antarctica: Peter Frechette*</div>
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Joseph Pitt, Prior 1, Europa: Jayson Speters*</div>
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Harper Pitt, Martin Heller, Africanii: Valeri Mudek*</div>
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Mr. Lies, Belize, Oceania: David Ryan Smith*</div>
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Louis Ironson, Australia: Ben Cherry*</div>
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Prior Walter, The Man in the Park: Barrett Foa*</div>
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The Angel, Emily, Sister Ella Chapter, Homeless Woman, Mormon Mother: Gina Daniels*</div>
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Scenic Designer: Timothy Mackabee</div>
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Costume Designer: Dede Ayite</div>
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Lighting Designer: Xavier Pierce</div>
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Original Music and Sound Design: Broken Chord</div>
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Projection Designer: Alex Basco Koch</div>
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Associate Director/Violence, Intimacy and Movement Director: Tommy Rapley</div>
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Dramaturg: Gad Guterman</div>
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Voice and Dialect Coach: Joanna Battles</div>
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Associate Costume designer: Jake Poster</div>
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Associate Stage Manager: Lorraine LiCavoli</div>
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Production Assistant: Makenzie Clark</div>
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It’s been over 25 years since Tony Kushner’s <i>Angels in America</i> opened on Broadway, but the Rep’s season opening production of this two-part epic is confirmation of its enduring potency. It’s set in the 1980s during the apex of the AIDS crisis (and the Reagan administration’s lack of urgency in responding to it), but like most classics, there are far-sighted echoes throughout that resonate today. From anxiety about the environment and the cruelty of personal and political self-interests, to the little triumphs of hopeful persistence in the face of fear and uncertainty, the characters in Kushner’s script navigate individual turmoil between the blurred lines of cold realities and fantastical visions, taking on a heavy load, but never straying from a sharp sense of humor. The subtitle, <i>A Gay Fantasia on National Themes</i>, winks at the play’s overall topics, but gives no hint of its remarkable ability to be as expansive as it is intimate. Under Tony Speciale’s graceful direction and a superb cast, <i>Angels in America: Millennium Approaches</i>, stimulates the senses.<br />
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Two couples whose relationships are crumbling are at the core. There’s Prior Walter (Barrett Foa), defiantly buoyant despite having recently discovered the first lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma, and his boyfriend Louis Ironson (Ben Cherry), a word processor whose feelings for Prior are tested by his partner’s AIDS diagnosis, which was, in the 80s, as good as a death sentence. Prior refuses to be anything less than fabulous even though his body is being ravaged, and Foa’s performance sways nimbly between effortless charm and indignation, without losing the current of fear under the surface. Louis blunts his guilt with long-winded, pious notions about the ills of the country, and Cherry’s portrayal is an attentive one of fits and starts. Their mutual friend, nurse and ex-drag queen Belize, played by an unyielding and endearing David Ryan Smith, is the stable, clear-eyed center between Prior and Louis -- doling out compassionate attention and hard truth as the needs arise.</div>
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Harper Pitt (Valeri Mudek) and Joseph Pitt (Jayson Speters).</div>
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Then we’ve got Joseph Pitt (Jayson Speters), a law clerk and devout Mormon struggling to tend to his Valium-addicted wife, Harper (Valeri Mudek). She wants to flee to Antarctica and escape suspicions about her husband, while Joe wants to bury his desires in his work with Reagan-era optimism. Mudek’s work as Harper is strong, adeptly striking a balance between someone trying as desperately to detach as she is to connect. Speters, genuine as her loving husband and torn in his appetite for career advancement, finds himself latched to real-life lawyer and fixer, Roy Cohn (Peter Frechette). And what can you say about Frechette’s performance as Roy Cohn?</div>
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Yes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn" target="_blank"><i>that</i> Roy Cohn</a>. Kushner based his character on the real-life brute of the right wing, known for contentious questioning of suspected Communists while serving as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy. Frechette, satisfyingly, wears his power and influence as comfortably as a glove -- driven to conquer and ferociously deny anything that threatens his stamp on the world, regardless of his bleak view of it.</div>
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Meredith Baxter and Gina Daniels round out the knock-out cast as Joe’s mother, Hannah Pitt, and Nurse Emily respectively, but these two (whom we’ll see more of in Part Two), and just about everyone else in the cast, double and triple up on roles.</div>
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Hannah Pitt (Meredith Baxter)</div>
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The two parts of the play -- <i>Millennium Approaches</i> and <i>Perestroika</i>, will run in repertory and can be seen separately, but for you hard-core types, the Rep is offering marathon performances on Sept. 15, 18, 21, 28 and 29 and Oct. 5 and 6, with Part One running at 1pm and Part Two running later that day at 7pm. You can check the performance schedule below or visit <a href="http://www.repstl.org/events/detail/angels-in-america-parts-one-and-two">repstl.org</a> for more details.</div>
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If you’ve never seen this play before, now’s the time. And if you have seen this play before, now’s the time to see it again. Seriously.</div>
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Harper Pitt (Valeri Mudek), Joseph Pitt (Jayson Speters),</div>
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ANGELS IN AMERICA: PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES</div>
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Directed by Tony Speciale</div>
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Loretto-Hilton Center, <a href="http://www.repstl.org/visit/directions-parking" target="_blank">130 Edgar Road</a></div>
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Performances Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesdays at 7pm, selected Wednesdays at 1pm, Thursdays and Fridays at 7pm, selected Saturdays at 4pm, Sunday, September 22 (Part Two) at 1pm</div>
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Marathon performances Sept. 15, 18, 21, 28 and 29 and Oct. 5 and 6:</div>
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Part One: <i>Millennium Approaches</i> at 1pm</div>
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Part Two: <i>Perestroika</i> at 7pm</div>
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Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Henry, Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, Aleskii Antedilluvianovich, Asiatica: Meredith Baxter*</div>
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Roy M. Cohn, Prior 2, Antarctica: Peter Frechette*</div>
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Joseph Pitt, Prior 1, Europa: Jayson Speters*</div>
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Harper Pitt, Martin Heller, Africanii: Valeri Mudek*</div>
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Mr. Lies, Belize, Oceania: David Ryan Smith*</div>
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Louis Ironson, Australia: Ben Cherry*</div>
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Prior Walter, The Man in the Park: Barrett Foa*</div>
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The Angel, Emily, Sister Ella Chapter, Homeless Woman, Mormon Mother: Gina Daniels*</div>
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Scenic Designer: Timothy Mackabee</div>
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Costume Designer: Dede Ayite</div>
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Lighting Designer: Xavier Pierce</div>
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Original Music and Sound Design: Broken Chord</div>
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Projection Designer: Alex Basco Koch</div>
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Associate Director/Violence, Intimacy and Movement Director: Tommy Rapley</div>
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Dramaturg: Gad Guterman</div>
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Voice and Dialect Coach: Joanna Battles</div>
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Associate Costume designer: Jake Poster</div>
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Casting By: Pat McCorkle, CSA, Katja Zarolinski, CSA, McCorkle Casting Ltd.</div>
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Associate Stage Manager: Lorraine LiCavoli</div>
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Production Assistant: Makenzie Clark</div>
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In a White House Rose Garden ceremony in 1993, the Oslo I Accord, an effort that sought to bring an eventual end to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, was signed. A play about the events that led up to the Accords may seem like dry material, but any qualms about that will be gone minutes into the first scene. Under Steven Woolf’s tight direction of a dynamic cast, the Rep’s production of playwright J.T. Rogers’ partially fictionalized retelling is a thriller that takes you underneath what was happening on the surface -- to back-channel diplomacy and sky-high stakes, with a perfect measure of humor.<br />
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The American sponsored talks that were churning in an attempt to bring the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Israeli government to the table to lay peacemaking groundwork were going nowhere. But in Oslo, Norwegian social sciences academic Terje Rød-Larsen (Jim Poulos), and his wife Mona Juul (Kathleen Wise), a diplomat, believed that Norway’s neutral stance and Terje’s theory of gradual trust-building could be enough to broker a peace between both sides. They had their work cut out.</div>
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Negotiations began with a couple of Israeli economics professors (John Rensenhouse and Michael James Reed) opposite PLO finance minister Ahmed Qurie, played by Rajesh Bose, whose frosty trepidation is disarmed by warm rapport and the safety of the gathering’s remote location. Later the group is joined by Uri Savir, an Israeli foreign ministry director -- a leather jacket in a sea of suits, played by a swaggering Ben Graney. Israeli deputy foreign minister, Yossi Beilin is played by Jerry Vogel, who has apprehensions about letting the news of the covert meetings reach the higher-ups too soon, as small advances suffer nagging setbacks.</div>
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Poulos possesses enough contagious affability to win over any leery foreign delegate, and Wise, embodying Mona’s level-headed diplomatic skill, also serves as our guide through the play’s nimble shifts in time and place. The actors all give sharp performances, with a few doubling and tripling up on roles, including Jonathan Gillard Daly who plays the stern Norwegian minister of foreign affairs, and Michelle Hand, who plays his wife and Toril Grandal, the cook at the chateau whose old family recipe for waffles soothes ragged nerves and calms hot tempers. Nathan W. Scheuer’s projections inform location and depict newsreel footage of the bloodshed along the Gaza Strip, while Michael Ganio’s sparse set looms tall, dominated by a huge doorway with rubble laying beyond it.</div>
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The peace achieved by the Oslo Accords didn’t last long. But knowing the outcome doesn’t rob the play of its vigorous tension, and emphasizes how enemies can be brought together by intimate connection and common ground. Don’t miss it.</div>
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Marianne Heiberg/Toril Grandal: Michelle Hand</div>
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Johan Jorgen Holst/Finn Grandal: Jonathan Gillard Daly*</div>
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Mona Juul: Kathleen Wise*</div>
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Yossi Beilin: Jerry Vogel*</div>
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Ahmed Qurie: Rajesh Bose*</div>
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Yair Hirshfeld/Shimon Peres: John Rensenhouse*</div>
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Ron Pundak/Jan Egeland: Michael James Reed*</div>
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Hassan Asfour: Amro Salama*</div>
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Uri Savir: Ben Graney*</div>
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Trond/Ensemble: Chaunery Kingsford Tanguay</div>
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Thor/American Diplomat: Jeff Cummings*</div>
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Joel Singer: Jim Shankman*</div>
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Mona Juul (Kathleen Wise) and Terje Rød-Larsen (Jim Poulos).</div>
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Scenic Designer: Michael Ganio</div>
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Costume Designer: Dorothy Marshall Englis</div>
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Sound Designer: Fitz Patton</div>
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Stage Manager: Emilee Buchheit*</div>
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Since 2001, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis has been chiefly known for thrilling audiences with its annual, free summer productions in Forest Park, and its education/touring program, In the Schools, has been in place since that first season, exposing kids to Shakespeare with performances and workshops. 2012 brought In the Streets, featuring an original work based on one of Shakespeare’s plays, performed in and thematically tailored to reflect the character of highlighted neighborhoods, and of course there’s Shake 38, launched in 2010 -- a marathon five day festival with various companies staging all of Shakespeare's 38 plays in a variety of locations around the city.<br />
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Its new program, In the Works, showcases contemporary American plays with a kinship to Shakespeare, and George Brant’s heartening and heroic <i>Into the Breeches!</i> makes its regional debut as the Festival’s inaugural headliner. Also featured are family matinees of <i><a href="https://www.sfstl.com/in-the-works/most-outrageous-fit-of-madness/" target="_blank">A Most Outrageous Fit of Madness</a></i>, inspired by <i>The Comedy of Errors</i> and written by the Festival’s playwright-in-residence, actor and director Nancy Bell, along with staged readings of Michael Sáenz’s coming-of-age story, <i><a href="https://www.sfstl.com/in-the-works/the-thousand-natural-shocks/" target="_blank">The Thousand Natural Shocks</a></i>.</div>
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<i>Into the Breeches!</i> is set during WWII, and while the men are off fighting, the Oberon Play House has been left with its season interrupted. The theatre’s resident director is also overseas, but his wife, Maggie (Michelle Hand), is struck with the idea of putting on <i>Henry IV</i>, parts 1 and 2, and <i>Henry V,</i> with a cast of women (and eventually one man). The resident prima donna, Celeste (Kari Ely), gets behind the idea, but Oberon Play House executive, Ellsworth (Gary Wayne Barker) has his doubts. After a minimal group of women are cast, Maggie starts to encounter and overcome the societal obstacles of the day, and that’s where the heart of this play resides.</div>
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Within Brant’s spirited comedy, you also have Ida (Jacqueline Thompson), the troupe’s costume designer, who’s turned away from the blood bank because they have enough “negro” blood, and Stuart, (Ben Nordstrom), Oberon’s stage manager, whose desire to serve his country is refused because he looks like he might be a “swish.” Though Maggie tries to drag the community’s backstage players into the footlights, she’s brushed off for indulging in folly, while Celeste, an illustrious member of the company, is not paid for her work.</div>
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Stuart (Ben Nordstrom) and Ida (Jacqueline Thompson).</div>
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Bell’s direction is impeccable, and the show is superbly cast. Irrepressible and introspective, a valiant Hand anchors the players as Maggie, their fearless leader, and Ely gracefully endows the divalike Celeste with depths under her humorous affectation. Barker’s adorably obstinate Ellsworth hides a loving heart of gold even though he’s mired in the 40’s-era status quo, and Thompson is resilient as Ida, pushed off to the margins because of her race. Nordstrom is in top form as a dynamic but ostracized Stuart, and a priceless Katy Keating is excellent as Ellsworth’s wife, Winnifred, who makes a delightful turn in the part she’s offered to play. Laura Resinger is Grace, struggling with the absence of overseas letters from her husband, and Mary McNulty is a very funny and genial June, busily holding scrap metal drives to contribute to the war effort.</div>
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<i>Into the Breeches!</i> was originally set in Providence, Rhode Island where it debuted in January at the Trinity Repertory Company, but there have been several local references included, adding a charming touch. Joe Clapper’s lights gently focus the audience’s attention, nicely setting off Margery and Peter Spack’s skillfully realized backstage set design.</div>
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With an invigorating assertion of the ability of the arts to bridge divides and a warm embrace of diversity and common ground, we’re lucky to have this play right now. Go see it. It’s at the Grandel Theatre until the 24th.</div>
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Grace (Laura Resinger).</div>
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• Michael Sáenz’s <i>The Thousand Natural Shocks</i> -- two staged readings are scheduled at 10am on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 6-8</div>
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• Nancy Bell’s <i>A Most Outrageous Fit of Madness</i> -- matinee performances are scheduled at 4pm on Saturdays (Nov. 10, 17, 24).</div>
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The Grandel Theatre, <a href="https://www.metrotix.com/venues/detail/grandel" target="_blank">3610 Grandel Square</a></div>
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Ellsworth: Gary Wayne Barker*</div>
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Celeste: Kari Ely*</div>
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Maggie: Michelle Hand</div>
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Winnifred: Katy Keating</div>
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June: Mary McNulty*</div>
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Stuart: Ben Nordstrom*</div>
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Grace: Laura Resinger</div>
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Ida: Jacqueline Thompson*</div>
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Scenic Design: Margery and Peter Spack</div>
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Costume Design: Michele Friedman Siler</div>
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Lighting Design: Joe Clapper</div>
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Sound Design: Rusty Wandall</div>
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Production Manager: Tom Martin</div>
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Stage Manager: Kathryn Ballard*</div>
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Props Master: Meg Brinkley</div>
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Dramaturg/Assistant Director: Kelley Abel</div>
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Assistant Stage Managers: Avery Lowe and Orevia Vongsa</div>
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Rebel And Misfits transports audiences to the middle of a pulsing, modernized interpretation of <i>Macbeth</i> in the third installment of its Immersive Theatre Project, where a roughly 10 minute bus ride lands you at Inverness -- a historic, red brick Gothic chancel of graffiti, brick piles and half pipes. Shakespeare’s 17th century tragedy is well known -- a prophesy delivered to Generals Macbeth and Banquo by three witches sets Macbeth and his wife on a murderous pursuit of the crown. This production is a magical but dystopian one, that bends toward the political themes in the play and emphasizes the destructive trappings of power, while filling out a backstory on the players, giving you different perspectives on familiar characters. Its immersive component places you within the performance itself, meaning you’ll be on your feet wandering amongst the cast, where you may have a warning whispered in your ear, a note placed in your hand, or find yourself with a seat at the royal table.</div>
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You can grab a quick drink after you arrive at your destination, but remember that it is a time of civil war. Soldiers walk around with daggers along with service rifles and tactical vests, and entry to the Macbeth’s castle comes only after a quick process authorizes your status as a citizen. Once welcomed inside by sound designer Adam Frick-Verdine’s thumping soundtrack, you’ll have time to roam around an expansive chamber and admire striking murals of our hosts (courtesy of Tiélere Cheatem), eavesdrop on snatches of conversation between friends, or witness arguments that break out between antagonists. </div>
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Before long, the witches (Alison Linderer, Cynthia Pohlson and Tiélere Cheatem) set the plot in motion planning their meetup with Macbeth (a dynamic Sean Patrick Higgins). Aisles are gently created amidst the onlookers through which the actors bolt from place to place, and the fog that hangs in the air, flushed with gorgeous lights by Jon Ontiveros, makes for some arresting tableaus throughout, whether it’s the witches spinning about like the queen of sorcery herself was chanting in their ears, or the Macbeths being swept up in the immediate gratification of fame after they’re coronated king and queen. A cursory familiarity with <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth" target="_blank">Macbeth</a></i> will be helpful, as the tall echoey ceilings swallow up much of the dialogue, despite the cohesion of a strong group of actors.</div>
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Kelly Hummert’s Lady Macbeth is sorrowful in her inability to give her husband a son, but intense with ambition, while Higgins' Macbeth shows an almost immediate regret after they spill their first blood, and the intimacy they share is sweltering. These two also co-direct the production. Spencer Sickmann is a marvelous Macduff, imparting a palpable grief after he learns the fate of his family, and Shane Signorino’s Banquo grins ominously when his ghost appears to haunt Macbeth at a royal banquet. Aarya Sara Locker and Phil Leveling are commanding addressing the crowd as Scottish Thanes Lennox and Caithness, and Jeff Cummings is a stern King Duncan whose ghost oversees the action from the top of one of the half pipes after he meets his end. Paul Cereghino engages thoughtfully as the slain King Duncan's oldest son, Malcolm, and the supporting cast members remain as absorbed in the action as we do. </div>
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Ross (Reginald Pierre) and Macduff (Spencer Sickmann).</div>
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If you’ve seen <i>Macbeth</i> before, <i>Macbeth: Come Like Shadows</i> presents an opportunity to experience it like you never have before. Go see it.</div>
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• The show does include a violence, gunshots, strobe lighting and fog warning. Perfect for Halloween.</div>
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Doctor (Phil Leveling) and Lady Macbeth (Kelly Hummert).</div>
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Written by William Shakespeare, adapted by Kelly Hummert and Sean Patrick Higgins</div>
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Directed by Sean Patrick Higgins and Kelly Hummert</div>
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First destination, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/1615+S+Broadway,+St.+Louis,+MO+63104/@38.6094809,-90.2015821,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b3a76b470d5f:0x6073422fa80f943e!8m2!3d38.6094809!4d-90.1993934" target="_blank">1615 South Broadway</a> (the parking lot for DB’s and Jimmy Johns)</div>
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Performances Wednesdays through Saturdays *arrive no later than 7:20pm to board the bus at 7:30pm</div>
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Lucas (Tiélere Cheatem), Young Soldier (Kevin Corpuz)</div>
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Angus: Jeremey Branson</div>
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Malcolm: Paul Cereghino</div>
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Witch/Lucas: Tiélere Cheatem</div>
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Fleance/Young Soldier: Kevin Corpuz</div>
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Duncan: Jeff Cummings</div>
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Bianca: Patrice Foster</div>
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Macbeth: Sean Patrick Higgins</div>
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Lady Macbeth: Kelly Hummert</div>
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Caithness, Doctor: Phil Leveling</div>
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Witch: Alison Linderer</div>
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Lennox: Aarya Sara Locker</div>
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Lady Macduff: Hailey Medrano</div>
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Ross: Reginald Pierre</div>
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Witch, Understudy for Lady Macbeth: Cynthia Pohlson</div>
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Macduff: Spencer Sickmann</div>
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Banquo: Shane Signorino</div>
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Assistant Director and Choreographer: Jordan Woods</div>
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Lighting: Jon Ontiveros</div>
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Costumes: Eileen Engel</div>
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There’s a new theatre company in town, newly launched by local actor Sean Michael -- a familiar face to New Line Theatre audiences. The Q Collective will explore gender, sexuality, and orientation, with an emphasis on the development of local playwrights and composers. They take up the torch ignited by Briefs, a short play festival developed by Joan Lipkin, artistic director of That Uppity Theatre Company. Produced in partnership with Vital VOICE Magazine, Briefs featured LGBT-centric works and staged dozens of new plays during its 6 years. The Q Collective’s inaugural festival included eight short plays, culled from 66 submissions, exploring the coming out experience.<br />
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A few of the plays cover the childhood friends visiting old attractions territory, like <i>Two Sugars</i>, written by Lisa Meyers. In it, Rose reconnects with her childhood friend, now called Max after gender reassignment, over coffee. Talk of their favorite swing and confessions of latent crushes lead to how they’ve both changed, though their chemistry remains. In Michael Pisaturo’s <i>Where the Fireworks Come From</i>, a recent drunken hook up between Gabe and Tony draws a sharp contrast in their reactions. It has rekindled old feelings for Tony, who’s on his way to basic training, while Gabe dismisses their periodic hook ups as insignificant.</div>
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<i>Weird</i>, written by Nicholas Vasilios Pappas, is a lightning fast look at the changes of a friendship over the course of 20 years, and Vincent Terrell Durham’s <i>Baby Black Jesus: Play Four</i>, centers on the decision of Richard’s to return to his religious roots, resulting in a breakup with his blindsided boyfriend Darryl. Elizabeth Breed Penny’s <i>Something Old</i> opens with Molly, who has recently cancelled her wedding to an abusive fiancé, terrified of facing her ice-cold mother after all of the money that’s been spent. Instead, she's shocked to learn that her mother respects and understands her decision more than Molly would have ever guessed. J. Joseph Cox’s <i>Grindrd</i> was a humorous and slightly disturbing vignette about a young man who finds out his potential online date is his own father, while Dorothy LaBounty stands out in Adam Szudrich’s <i>Slow Dating</i>, as a woman who’s starting to let go of her terminally ill husband, sticks a toe in the dating pool, and spends an unexpected night with a woman. The evening ended with Scott Mullen’s <i>Cow</i>, that featured two bad-ass gay women of color, who also happen to be superheroes.</div>
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Richard (Marshall Jennings) and Darryl (William Humphrey)</div>
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in Vincent Terrell Durham’s <i>Baby Black Jesus: Play Four</i>.</div>
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In addition to having a good mix of comedy and drama, the plays selected cast a broad net, covering more than the issues that concern the LGBT community specifically. In doing so, it nicely underlines a universality in the process of all kinds of self-disclosure. The Q Collective already has plans for next year, so keep your eyes peeled for its next venture.</div>
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The Coming Out Play Festival</div>
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The Monocle, 4510 Manchester Ave.</div>
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Ester (Dorothy LaBounty) in Adam Szudrich’s <i>Slow Dating</i>.</div>
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<i>Two Sugars</i></div>
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Written by Lisa Meyers</div>
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Directed by Shualee Cook</div>
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Max: Elon Ptah</div>
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Rose: Eleanor Humphrey</div>
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<i>Where the Fireworks Come From</i></div>
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Written by Michael Pisaturo</div>
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Directed by Taylor Gruenloh</div>
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Tony: Maxwell Gass</div>
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Gabe: David Zimmerman</div>
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<i>Something Old</i></div>
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Written by Elizabeth Breed Penny</div>
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Directed by Carl Overly, Jr.</div>
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Molly: Amanda Brasher</div>
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Jade: Rachel Hanks</div>
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Leanna: Helen Pancella</div>
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Wendy (Isabel Garcia) and Quinn (Eleanor Humphrey)</div>
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in Scott Mullen’s <i>Cow</i>.</div>
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<i>Grindrd</i></div>
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Written by J. Joseph Cox</div>
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Directed by Taylor Gruenloh</div>
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Steve Carew: Maxwell Gass</div>
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Kari: Stasia Kroeger</div>
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Mr. Carew: Donald Miller</div>
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<i>Baby Black Jesus: Play Four</i></div>
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Written by Vincent Terrell Durham</div>
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Directed by Carl Overly, Jr.</div>
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Darryl: William Humphrey</div>
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Richard: Marshall Jennings</div>
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<i>Slow Dating</i></div>
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Written by Adam Szudrich</div>
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Directed by Shualee Cook</div>
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Ester: Dorothy LaBounty</div>
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<i>Weird</i></div>
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Written by Nicholas Vasilios Pappas</div>
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Becca: Amanda Brasher</div>
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Eric: Luke Steffen</div>
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Gal: Elizabeth Rajchart</div>
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Guy: Marshall Jennings</div>
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<i>Cow</i></div>
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Written by Scott Mullen</div>
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Directed by Sarah Lynne Holt</div>
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Quinn: Eleanor Humphrey</div>
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Wendy: Isabel Garcia</div>
Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-12916793937668201152018-10-14T13:37:00.000-05:002018-10-14T13:42:34.612-05:00RAGING SKILLET • New Jewish Theatre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thorny mother and daughter relationships have been at the center of comedies and dramas for forever. But Jewish mothers? Oof, right? NJT opens its 22nd season with a comedy that’s salty and sweet, based on the life of Chef Rossi, the catering director, owner and executive chef of “<a href="http://www.theragingskillet.com/" target="_blank">The Raging Skillet</a>” in NYC. A self-proclaimed punk-rock caterer, Chef Rossi’s memoir/recipe book was adapted into a play by Jacques Lamarre, recounting vivid childhood memories, unruly teenage years, and skirmishes with male chauvinism in bars and kitchens.<br />
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The play is set up as a book launch and cooking demo event for Chef Rossi (Sarajane Alverson). Along with her sidekick and sous chef, Skillit (Erin Renee Roberts) -- DJ’ing in a perch above the action, Rossi is joined and agitated by a spectral visit from her mother Harriet (Kathleen Sitzer), who died in 1992. The grave won’t stop Harriet from providing a running commentary on her unorthodox, lesbian daughter’s insurgency while singing the praises of double-triple coupons, canned vegetables and the microwave, all while Rossi tries to prepare little bites for the crowd. Yep, there’s food! Different sections of the audience get to snack on a sampling of Chef Rossi’s signature recipes that are handed out during the play. This slows down the action a bit, but who doesn’t appreciate a little nosh? It also lends an off-the-cuff quality to the show that Alverson and the rest of the cast roll with smoothly.</div>
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Alverson stays in constant motion as Rossi, the “Head Bitch in Charge” -- moving and grooving to DJ Skillit’s interstitial bursts of classic rock tunes or ping-ponging between the cooking stations of Dunsai Dai’s handsomely-designed kitchen. Her irritation with her mother’s uninvited visit elicits a lot of laughs, and Alverson makes it all relatable. Sitzer is a riot as Harriet. She remains at the ready to bring her daughter back down to earth if Rossi gets too cocky, but her pride in her “Slovah” is full, and those Jewish-mother stereotypes are as familiar as they are stubbornly heart-tugging. Along with playing Skillit, Roberts fills in for a variety of roles -- to the men in Rossi’s life to her first girlfriend -- also a study in perpetual motion.</div>
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The material from the real Chef Rossi’s memoir seems a little slender, but the performances drawn out by director Lee Anne Mathews keeps it engaging, and to witness Rossi and Harriet chew on the crustier aspects of their relationship yields its share of hilarious moments. Check it out -- it’s running until the 21st.</div>
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Written by Jacques Lamarre, based on the book by Chef Rossi</div>
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Directed by Lee Anne Mathews</div>
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Marvin & Harlene Wool Studio, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2+Millstone+Campus+Dr,+St.+Louis,+MO+63146/@38.6852781,-90.4118685,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87df33031989d01b:0x53cbe096e23ea705!8m2!3d38.6852781!4d-90.4096798" target="_blank">2 Millstone Campus Drive Creve Coeur</a></div>
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Rossi: Sarajane Alverson</div>
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Skillit: Erin Renee Roberts</div>
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Mom: Kathleen Sitzer*</div>
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Skillit (Erin Renee Roberts) and Mom (Kathleen Sitzer).</div>
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Scenic Designer: Dunsai Dai</div>
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Lighting Designer: Michael Sullivan</div>
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Costume Designer: Michele Siler</div>
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Sound/Projection Designer: Michael Sullivan</div>
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Stage Manager: Emily Clinger</div>
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Assistant Stage Manager: Taylor Baer</div>
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Props Supervisor: Jennifer Horton</div>
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Master Electrician: Tony Anselmo</div>
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Board Operator: Justin Smith</div>
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Wardrobe Supervisor: Malaika Pedzayi-Ferguson</div>
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Skillit (Erin Renee Roberts).</div>
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Catering Team (The Rossis!): Myrna Hersherman</div>
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Judi Berger</div>
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The Southern home of the Giddens family has a whiff of new money to it, but siblings Ben Hubbard (Chuck Brinkley), Oscar Hubbard (Bob Gerchen) and Regina Giddens (Kari Ely) have a deep capacity for what they’d do to get more. The shameless avarice going on in Lillian Hellman’s classic family drama stands in stark contrast to the elegant attire and lilting drawls in St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s season opener. With sharp performances by director John Contini’s robust cast, <i>The Little Foxes</i>, debuting back in 1939, proves greed never goes out of fashion.<br />
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Set in a small town in 1900, the play opens in the afterglow of a potential business deal between the unscrupulous Hubbard brothers and Marshall (Richard Lewis), a wealthy Chicago industrialist. They plan to build a cotton mill on the doorstep of the Hubbard’s fields in the South. Ben and Oscar have already benefitted from Oscar’s marriage to Birdie (Laurie McConnell) and into her family’s cotton plantation, and from exploiting the black folks in town, but they need their sister Regina’s rich husband Horace (William Roth) to chip in a third to seal the deal with Marshall. He has no interest in investing.</div>
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Oscar (Bob Gerchen), Regina (Kari Ely),</div>
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and Ben (Chuck Brinkley).</div>
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Horace is in Baltimore recovering from a heart condition and enjoying some peace and quiet away from his wife. Regina’s a fighter who wants the world, but the restrictions on women at the time constrain her influence, so she must do what she can to convince Horace to come home so she can reap the financial rewards and wriggle her way out from under the thumbs of the men in her life.</div>
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In the proficient hands of Ely, Regina’s effortless display of Southern charm gives way to vicious determination ominously, all while an expression of grace rarely leaves her face. This is true even as she and Horace dig up the gloomy details of their bloodless marriage, exchanging grievances like poisonous little darts.</div>
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Addie (Wendy Greenwood), Birdie (Laurie McConnell),</div>
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Roth’s Horace is fatigued, but formidable enough to try to put a stop to his wife’s actions, and in a devastating performance, McConnell’s Birdie, deflated and abused by her husband and tossed aside like a used napkin, mostly keeps her head down like she wants to disappear into the wallpaper. Brinkley and Gerchen are the embodiment of cutthroat capitalism as brothers Ben and Oscar Hubbard, and there are also solid performances from Ryan Lawson-Maeske as Leo, the thick-headed son of Birdie and Oscar, and Bridgette Bassa as Alexandra, the good-hearted, concerned daughter caught between Regina and Horace. As the household servants, Wendy Greenwood’s Addie and Dennis Jethro II’s Cal are relegated to the background until they’re alone with Alexandra, Horace and Birdie, and these scenes are the most pure -- free from the toxicity of the others.</div>
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Regina (Kari Ely).</div>
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Megan Harshaw provides sumptuous costumes, and Theatre Marine Productions and Patrick Huber’s impressive set and lighting design show a grand home that’s still a little seedy.</div>
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The trappings of the play may seem dated, but the social commentary couldn’t feel more timely. It’s at the Gaslight Theater until the 14th.</div>
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THE LITTLE FOXES</div>
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Written by Lillian Hellman</div>
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Directed by John Contini*</div>
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The Gaslight Theater, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/358+N+Boyle+Ave,+St.+Louis,+MO+63108/@38.6425993,-90.2519558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b4cf63528b87:0xab21be574fdfcca!8m2!3d38.6425993!4d-90.2497671?hl=en" target="_blank">358 N. Boyle Ave.</a></div>
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through October 14 | <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/50324" target="_blank">tickets</a>: $30 - $35</div>
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Performances Thursdays to Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm</div>
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Oscar (Bob Gerchen), Leo (Ryan Lawson-Maeske)</div>
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Regina: Kari Ely*</div>
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Birdie: Laurie McConnell*</div>
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Horace: William Roth*</div>
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Alexandra: Bridgette Bassa</div>
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Ben: Chuck Brinkley</div>
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Oscar: Bob Gerchen</div>
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Leo: Ryan Lawson-Maeske</div>
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Addie: Wendy Greenwood</div>
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Marshall: Richard Lewis</div>
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Cal: Dennis Jethro II</div>
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There’s a slip of the tongue from Eva Duarte de Perón in “A New Argentina,” as she tries to ease her husband’s qualms about his presidential bid when she concedes, “We'll ... you'll be handed power on a plate.” In Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s biographical rock opera, the acquisition of power is something <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Per%C3%B3n" target="_blank">Eva Perón</a> made her guiding principle since she was a kid. After chasing a career in stage, radio and film acting, she met Colonel Juan Perón and the two were married a year later.</div>
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The cast of <i>Evita</i>.</div>
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When he became president and Eva transformed into Argentina’s glamorous first lady, she elicited glorification from the working classes who adored her while offending the country-club set and the military who debased her.<br />
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Numbers like “Another Suitcase in Another Hall,” “Don't Cry for Me Argentina” and “Rainbow High” became wildly popular after <i>Evita</i> first emerged as a concept album in 1976, and was the first British import to receive a Tony Award for Best Musical after its Broadway debut in 1979. The Rep’s season opening production, directed tautly by Rob Ruggiero, tells the story of her rise from backwoods beginnings to Argentina’s designated “Spiritual Leader of the Nation” exuberantly, with top-notch creative design and clearly drawn performances.</div>
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Eva Perón (Michelle Aravena).</div>
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Michelle Aravena’s triple-threat portrayal of Eva Perón is diversely hued. Curt, calculated and bitterly nursing childhood wounds inflicted by the upper classes, she’s determined to take Buenos Aires by the balls, and an emotive Aravena nimbly occupies the role with grit and confident style. She packs power in a compact frame, and not only handles Lloyd Webber’s grueling score handily (her “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” does not disappoint), but also shows us what Eva was thinking, striking a nice balance between a ruthless ambition and a desire for adoration.</div>
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Che (Pepe Nufrio).</div>
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Pepe Nufrio is Che, who serves as Eva’s foil and our Greek chorus. He sees through her charm offensives that fueled Juan Perón’s ascent to the presidency, and is astonished by her popularity. Che’s cynical view paints Eva as a phony who slept her way into influential circles, and who, with the help of Perón and his regime’s heavy boots, jailed opposition, silenced free press, and bankrupted the country while lining their own pockets. Nufrio’s resonant tenor charms and thrills, lashing those high notes in "And the Money Kept Rolling In,” and on opening night, he grew in carriage and command as the show progressed.</div>
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Juan Perón (Sean MacLaughlin)</div>
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A magnetic Sean MacLaughlin’s rich baritone and bearing gave his portrayal of Juan Perón the quiet strength of a man who understands political maneuvers like the back of his hand. MacLaughlin and Aravena have major chemistry onstage, and their relationship is artfully expressed as a loving partnership of strong wills. As the Minister of Labor, Colonel Perón won over the unions and descamisados, or “shirtless ones,” by striving to improve conditions for the country’s workers. But his presidential detractors considered him a brutal dictator, and you can sense just a hint of menace under MacLaughlin’s charm.</div>
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The Rep’s well-oiled ensemble works hard, sounds great, and it’s nice to some see locals in the mix. Devotees of the concept album and cast recording may want a little more heft from the orchestra, but they’re well balanced, strong, and Charlie Alterman’s music direction allows the narrative moments within Lloyd Webber complex, irregular, Latin-flavored score to breathe, while driving others like a freight train. This production also benefits from the inclusion of the Oscar-winning song, “You Must Love Me,” written for the film adaptation. Scenic designer Luke Cantarella’s gilded balcony of the Casa Rosada, sitting in front of a huge, iconic portrait of Evita, dominates the length of the stage, with chairs stacked up on the far ends. The use of projected archival footage is powerful, and Alejo Vietti’s costumes are spot-on across the spectrum, while John Lasiter’s lighting design fills the stage with texture and depth.</div>
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Juan Perón (Sean MacLaughlin)</div>
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A political celebrity who captivates a nation, for good or ill, is no doubt timely, but the characters in <i>Evita</i> are revealed as neither purely good nor bad. It’s storytelling on a grand scale, and you should grab a ticket to check it out. It’s at the Loretto-Hilton Center until the 30th.</div>
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Lyrics by Tim Rice</div>
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Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber</div>
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Directed by Rob Ruggiero</div>
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Loretto-Hilton Center, <a href="http://www.repstl.org/visit/directions-parking" target="_blank">130 Edgar Road</a></div>
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Eva Perón: Michelle Aravena*</div>
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Che: Pepe Nufrio*</div>
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Juan Perón: Sean MacLaughlin*</div>
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Augstín Magaldi/Ensemble: Nicolas Dávila*</div>
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Perón's Mistress/Ensemble: Shea Gomez</div>
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Ensemble</div>
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Maria Bilbao*</div>
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Nathaniel Burich*</div>
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Ben Chavez*</div>
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Samuel Druhora*</div>
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Carmen Garcia</div>
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Esmeralda Garza</div>
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Samantha Gershman*</div>
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Samuel Druhora* (Perón)</div>
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Choreographer: Gustavo Zajac</div>
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Scenic and Projections Designer: Luke Cantarella</div>
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Costume Designer: Alejo Vietti</div>
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Lighting Designer: John Lasiter</div>
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Sound Designer: Matt Kraus</div>
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Associate Music Director: Rick Bertone</div>
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Tango Consultant: Mariana Parma</div>
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Keyboard II: Rick Bertone</div>
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French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 rendering of Hell doesn’t involve pitchforks or brimstone, but there is torment nonetheless. In a new translation by Alyssa Ward and a shrewd staging directed by Bess Moynihan, three members of the newly deceased are escorted to the infernal regions to a sparsely furnished room, where not having a toothbrush will be the least of their problems.</div>
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Garcin (Shane Signorino), a journalist, is the first to arrive, ushered in by Katy Keating as a grim valet who has heard all of the initial questions from newcomers before. He’s soon joined by postal worker in life, Inès (Sarah Morris), and Estelle (Rachel Tibbetts), a conceited socialite. Garcin, practical and self-possessed, thinks staying to themselves is the best plan of action. Estelle, who needs a mirror almost as desperately as she needs a man to seduce, angles for Garcin’s attention. Inès, the sharpest and most cynical of the three, spends most of her time lusting after Estelle, and is the most upfront about the cruelty she inflicted on those in her life. After brief glimpses of the goings on among the living back on earth, their past wrongs are eventually confessed, and the characters of these three souls are laid bare to each other without the convenience or comfort of pretense. The dynamics between these deceivers, murderers and cowards will doom them to spend the rest of time craving affection that will never be returned, and redemption that will never come.</div>
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Inès (Sarah Morris), Estelle (Rachel Tibbetts)</div>
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Signorino takes a fine turn as Garcin, growing more and more emasculated as the heroic image he holds up of himself breaks down. Inès sees through him right away, and Morris is in top form -- deadpan-voiced and candid, seeing clearly the genius motives in their being grouped together, and dreading an endless punishment of wanting what she can never have. Tibbetts is like a hothouse flower, fretting and preening as Estelle. Trying her best to manipulate Garcin while trying to avert the advances of Inès leads to constant frustration. Seating the audience on three sides makes for an engaging character study, and Moynihan’s simple scenic design, Ellie Schwetye’s creepy sound design and Michael Sullivan’s lights augment the experience. </div>
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Garcin (Shane Signorino), Estelle (Rachel Tibbetts)</div>
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Written by Jean-Paul Sartre, translated by Alyssa Ward</div>
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Directed by Bess Moynihan</div>
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The Chapel, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Chapel/@38.643856,-90.3050831,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x2b9be8e92aae04a3!8m2!3d38.643856!4d-90.3028944" target="_blank">6238 Alexander Drive</a></div>
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Garcin: Shane Signorino</div>
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Valet: Katy Keating</div>
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Inès: Sarah Morris</div>
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Estelle: Rachel Tibbetts</div>
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Stage Manager: Kristen Strom</div>
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Lighting Designer: Michael Sullivan</div>
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Costume Designer: Marcy Ann Wiegert</div>
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Scenic Designer: Bess Moynihan </div>
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Sound Designer: Ellie Schwetye</div>
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Dramaturg: Andrea Robb</div>
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Fight Coordinator: Ryan Lawson-Maeske</div>
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Assistant Director: Lex Ronan</div>
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Graphic Designer: Dottie Quick</div>
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Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-14241370595993674892018-08-21T21:23:00.001-05:002018-08-21T21:48:16.413-05:00THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA • R-S Theatrics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From <i>9 Circles</i> and <i>Adding Machine: The Musical</i>, to <i>The Cherry Sisters Revisited</i>, <i>Parade</i> and <i>In the Heights</i>, R-S Theatrics has never shied away from the risk of locally debuting ambitious plays and musicals. Based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer, Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s <i>The Light in the Piazza</i> concerns Clara (Macia Noorman), a twenty-something girl from Winston-Salem, who falls in love with a boy while traveling in Italy. Her mother, Margaret (Kay Love), is torn between her instincts to protect Clara, whose mental development was stunted as the result of a childhood accident, and her dreams of happiness and fulfillment for her daughter.</div>
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Clara (Macia Noorman) and Fabrizio (Tiélere Cheatem).</div>
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Lucas and Guettel’s adaptation leads with its unblushingly romantic score. Drifting more towards opera, its melodies are intricate, with tricky counterpoint passages, spoken and sung Italian, and solos that feel more appropriately referred to as arias. When the ardor of emotion transcends language, songs break down into wordless vocalizations. The intimate Marcelle Theatre brings the lofty reach of the music down to human scale, with a vocally agile cast, careful direction, and a lovely chamber ensemble of strings, piano and harp. Simply presented and wonderfully executed, it was a risk worth taking for artistic director, Christina Rios.</div>
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Margaret and Clara are taking in the sights of Florence when they meet Fabrizio Naccarelli (Tiélere Cheatem) -- lovestruck, gushing, and grasping for words.</div>
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Margaret (Kay Love) and Roy (Robert Doyle).</div>
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He’d been admiring Clara from afar, and she’s taken with him as well, but Margaret thwarts Fabrizio’s best efforts -- more than once. She softens her opposition to an extended stay once she meets Fabrizio’s father, Signor Naccarelli (the always appealing Kent Coffel), who serves as a charming bridge between the two families. Margaret’s husband, Roy (Robert Doyle), has remained back home, and during their phone conversations he insists that the courtship end, but the Naccarellis have welcomed them warmly, and taking stock of her own marriage prompts a moving evolution in Margaret over the course of the play.</div>
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Signor Naccarelli (Kent Coffel), Giuseppe (Micheal Lowe)</div>
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A proper Southern lady with a good share of humor, Margaret has been used to providing a buffer between Clara and the pitfalls life brings, and an outstanding Love conveys the full weight of Margaret’s dilemma while effectively and beautifully handling the vocal demands. Noorman plays Clara's mental challenges subtly -- from wonder-filled and curious, to volatile and sometimes petulant, and she performs demanding numbers like the winsome “The Beauty Is,” an intense “Hysteria,” and the jealousy-driven “Tirade,” impressively. Cheatem cannot take his eyes off of Clara as Fabrizio, and goes from schoolboy giddiness to loving comforter smoothly, lending a rich vibrato that makes numbers like “Il Mondo Era Vuoto” and “Love to Me” soar.</div>
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Franca (Stephanie Merritt).</div>
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The young couple occupies much of the story, but this is a play about relationships on a few levels. Fabrizio and Clara’s euphoric flush of new love is flanked by the fiery turbulence between Fabrizio’s brother, a flirtatious Giuseppe (a solid Micheal Lowe), and his exasperated wife Franca (a fantastic Stephanie Merritt), the unspoken, long-held suspicions between Signor and Signora Naccarelli (a maternal Jodi Stockton), and Margaret and her increasingly distant husband, Roy. Kudos also to the Italian language coach, Myriam Colombo. The cast handles it well, breaking down the language barrier through clear, expressive performances.</div>
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Clara (Macia Noorman) and Margaret (Kay Love).</div>
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It’s only up for one more weekend, so snag a ticket asap. You don’t see stirring musicals like this every day.</div>
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THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA</div>
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Music/lyrics by Adam Guettel</div>
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Book by Craig Lucas</div>
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Directed by Christina Rios</div>
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Marcelle Theater, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Marcelle/@38.6384732,-90.2265813,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xe8e3a0f9b11a7690!8m2!3d38.6384732!4d-90.2265813" target="_blank">3310 Samuel Shepard Drive</a></div>
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through August 26 | <a href="https://www.metrotix.com/events/detail/r-s-theatrics-the-light-in-the-piazza" target="_blank">tickets</a>: $20 - $25</div>
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Performances Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm</div>
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Fabrizio (Tiélere Cheatem) and Franca (Stephanie Merritt).</div>
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Cast</div>
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Margaret Johnson: Kay Love</div>
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Clara Johnson: Macia Noorman</div>
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Newspaper Seller: Ann Hier</div>
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Fabrizio Naccarelli: Tiélere Cheatem</div>
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Giuseppe Naccarelli: Micheal Lowe</div>
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Franca Naccarelli: Stephanie Merritt</div>
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Signor Naccarelli: Kent Coffel</div>
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Tour Guide: Louisa Wimmer</div>
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Priest: Chris Kernan</div>
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Waiter: Jason Meyers</div>
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Signora Naccarelli: Jodi Stockton</div>
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Roy Johnson: Robert Doyle</div>
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Flower Seller: Melissa Christine</div>
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Young Clara: Avery Smith</div>
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Clara U/s: Lindy Elliott</div>
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Fabrizio U/s: Anthony Randle</div>
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Franca (Stephanie Merritt) and Giuseppe (Micheal Lowe).</div>
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Ensemble</div>
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Melissa Christine</div>
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Robert Doyle</div>
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Lindy Elliot</div>
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Ann Hier</div>
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Chris Kernan</div>
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Jason Meyers</div>
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Anthony Randle</div>
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Louisa Wimmer</div>
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Creative</div>
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Musical Director: Sarah Nelson</div>
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Stage Manager: Brittanie Gunn</div>
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Asst. Stage Manager: Rhiannon Skye Creighton</div>
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Asst. Stage Manager: Abigail Rosen</div>
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Technical Director: J. Keller Ryan</div>
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Margaret (Kay Love).</div>
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Choreographer: Cecily A. King</div>
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Scenic Designer: J. Keller Ryan</div>
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Lighting Designer: Nathan Schroeder</div>
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Costume Designer: Ashley Bauman</div>
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Sound Designer: Mark Kelley</div>
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Properties Master: Heather Tucker</div>
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Dance Captain: Melissa Christine</div>
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Fight Captain: Rhiannon Skye Creighton</div>
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Italian Language Coach: Myriam Colombo</div>
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Dialect Coach: Mark Kelley</div>
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Production Intern: Abigail Rosen</div>
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Box Office Manager: Andy Zaruba</div>
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Graphic Designer: Michael Young</div>
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Artistic Director: Christina Rios</div>
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Assoc. Managing Director: Carmen Garcia</div>
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ERA is at it again, kicking off <a href="https://www.faustival.org/" target="_blank">FAUSTival</a> -- an artistic collaboration among <a href="https://www.eratheatre.org/" target="_blank">Equally Represented Arts</a>, <a href="http://www.midnightcompany.com/index.html" target="_blank">The Midnight Company</a>, <a href="http://theatrenuevo.com/" target="_blank">Theatre Nuevo</a>, <a href="http://slightlyoff.org/" target="_blank">SATE</a>, and the Post-Romantics. Each company will present an adaptation of the Faust myth over five months, and ERA’s ensemble-created rock-opera plays out at Foam, a coffeehouse/bar/music venue along Cherokee Street. With music composed by Kid Scientist, ERA takes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s <i>Faust</i>, includes text from Mikhail Bulgakov’s <i>The Master and Margarita</i>, and adds in some tv game shows to skewer capitalism and ask, “How much is a soul worth?”</div>
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Joe Taylor is Dr. Faust, dissatisfied and longing to fill an empty space in his life. While listening to his assistant Wagner (Gabe Taylor) talk about timeshare options, Mephistopheles (Will Bonfiglio) stops by.</div>
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He offers Faust wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams, for just a drop of blood. And a signed contract, of course. His newfound magnetism ensnares his neighbor, Margaret (Alicen Moser), and she is soon as done in by evil deeds as she is by her payday loan debt. Things don’t really work out well for either of them, but Mephisto does engage them in a few game shows, including “The Pit,” that assigns fiscal values to their fates. These game shows include sponsor breaks from God (Grace Langford), executive officer of that big bank in the sky, peddling home loans and money markets.</div>
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Alicen Moser (Margaret).</div>
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With broadly comic, vocally solid performances, and some really cool, provocative songs, this Faust feels like a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants affair, where you never know what’s coming next. A little bingo? Sure! A Franz Schubert aria? Why not? ERA’s fondness for including paperwork to accompany its productions is evident here, as audience members sign a contract agreeing to sell their souls upon entering Foam. No doubt someone had a good time coming up with all the minutiae contained in the one page contract, but it's a bit wordy, where something a tad more brief would still stand in as a clever companion to the show.</div>
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Quibbles aside, ERA always brings something different to the table, and with the addition of the company’s hallmark cacophony of dialogue and inventive choreography, it’s a fun evening with some interesting ideas running underneath.</div>
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Grace Langford (God).</div>
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Foam, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/3359+S+Jefferson+Ave,+St.+Louis,+MO+63118/@38.5934388,-90.2279465,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b475bdd7bdcf:0x610b27da6788a6c6!8m2!3d38.5934388!4d-90.2257578" target="_blank">3359 S. Jefferson Ave.</a> </div>
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Rehearsal Stage Manager & Technical Director: Jimmy Bernatowicz</div>
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Stage Manager: Melissa Blair</div>
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Mephistopheles & Producer: Will Bonfiglio</div>
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Co-Director & producer: Lucy Cashion</div>
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Dineras & Assistant Stage Manager: Miranda Jagels Félix</div>
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Costume Designer: Meredith LaBounty </div>
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God & Margaret’s Mother: Grace Langford</div>
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Lighting & Video Designer: Ben Lewis</div>
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Keyboard & Accordion: Audrey Morris</div>
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Margaret: Alicen Moser</div>
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Percussion: Dustin Sholtes</div>
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Bass & Clarinet: Jacob Stern</div>
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Wagner & Co-Director: Gabe Taylor</div>
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Faust, Composer & Music Director: Joe Taylor</div>
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The stage at Tower Grove Abbey is set for some tale tellin' in Stray Dog’s season closer, Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman’s <i>The Robber Bridegroom</i>. The musical was based on a novel that was loosely adapted from a Brothers Grimm story of the same name. Eudora Welty’s 1942 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robber_Bridegroom_(novella)" target="_blank">novel</a> took the Grimm fairy tale and set it in 18th century Mississippi along the forests of the Natchez Trace. Uhry and Waldman’s musical has its share of fanciful, dark, even lurid elements, like you might expect from any fairy tale, but the score -- an uncommon blend of traditional Broadway music and authentic bluegrass, and Stray Dog’s tireless, country-fried cast of characters, provide a curiously savory mix.</div>
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Jamie Lockhart (Phil Leveling) is a man of two minds -- a seemingly honest gentleman, but the feared Bandit of the Woods when disguised under the stains of blackberry juice. Clemment Musgrove (Jeffrey M. Wright) is a wealthy plantation owner, which makes him the target of the thieving Harp brothers. Little Harp is played by Logan Willmore, and he carries around the severed, talking head of his brother, Big Harp (Kevin O’Brien), in a little trunk. What?! When Lockhart saves Musgrove from the Harp brothers, he invites Lockhart to dinner to reward him with hospitality and an introduction to his most prized treasure, his daughter Rosamund (Dawn Schmid). Musgrove spoils his baby girl rotten, but he can't help himself as she reminds him of his beloved first wife. Rosamund’s evil stepmother, Salome (Sarah Gene Dowling) -- lusty and mean as a snake, resents the constant reminder of Musgrove’s first wife, and she wants Rosamund to git gone -- for good.</div>
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Energetically directed by Justin Been, engaged performances are elicited from the cast that remains onstage taking in the tale along with us, when they’re not playing their part in the story. Standouts include Leveling, brimming with backwoods charm as Lockhart, Dowling who is an absolute hoot to watch as the scheming Salome, and a strong-voiced Schmid who shines as Rosamund -- restless, chaste (for a while, anyway) and eager for excitement.</div>
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The score is full of great numbers, from the opening “Once Upon a Natchez Trace,” that manages to introduce all of the key players while setting the tone for the show, to the haunting “Deeper in the Woods” -- thrumming with sexual innuendo. The six-piece band doesn’t miss a beat under Jennifer Buchheit’s musical direction, and Been’s scenic design provides a cozy playing space for the cast. Mike Hodges changes up the choreography nicely so it doesn’t all bend towards square dancing, and additional touches, like the band members who take sips from little jugs during intermission, all complement the show well. Artistic director Gary F. Bell’s costumes inform the characters, with a nice touch for Susie Lawrence's character called Raven (a raven); a layer of “feathers,” cleverly sewn in under her skirt, allow her to whip it up over her shoulders to go from one of the townsfolk to Raven in the blink of an eye. </div>
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Brutal, lecherous, whimsical and entertaining -- it’s a musical that you don’t see staged all that often, so now's a great time to check out Stray Dog’s production at Tower Grove Abbey. It’s playing until the 18th.</div>
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Music by Robert Waldman</div>
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Adapted from the novella by Eudora Welty</div>
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Directed by Justin Been</div>
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Tower Grove Abbey, <a href="http://www.straydogtheatre.org/index.php?/directions/" target="_blank">2336 Tennessee Ave.</a></div>
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Sarah Gene Dowling, and ensemble.</div>
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Jamie Lockhart, a gentleman robber: Phil Leveling</div>
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Clemment Musgrove, a wealthy planter: Jeffrey M. Wright</div>
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Rosamund, his daughter: Dawn Schmid</div>
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Salome, his second wife: Sarah Gene Dowling</div>
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Little Harp, a robber: Logan Willmore</div>
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Big Harp, the head of a robber: Kevin O’Brien</div>
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Goat, a simpleton: Bryce Miller</div>
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Airie, his sister: Christen Ringhausen</div>
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Shannon Lampkin<br />
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Artistic Director: Gary F. Bell</div>
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Associate Artistic Director: Justin Been</div>
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Stage Manager: Dani Mann</div>
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Choreographer: Mike Hodges</div>
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Scenic Designer: Justin Been</div>
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Costume Stitcher: Amy Hopkins</div>
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Production Intern: Kate Dunaway</div>
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Box Office Manager/Scenic Painter: Miles Bledsoe</div>
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Music Director/Piano: Jennifer Buchheit</div>
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Fiddle: Steven Frisbee</div>
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Guitar: Marty Lastovica</div>
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Acoustic Bass/Bass Ukelele: M. Joshua Ryan</div>
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When Bob (Alan Knoll) and Jennifer (Laurie McConnell) meet their new neighbors, John (Isaiah Di Lorenzo) and Pony (Kelly Hummert), it would seem the only thing they have in common is the last name, “Jones.” But as these couples get caught up in each other's orbits and learn of each other's sorrows, playwright Will Eno finds a striking balance between laugh-out-loud humor and disquieting melancholy. You'd be hard-pressed to find a play that speaks so fluently to the human inclination towards connection by way of such disjointed tangles of inelegant conversation than Rebel and Misfits' sharp, St. Louis premiere production.</div>
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Bob and Jennifer, lounging in their backyard taking a stab at small talk, are interrupted by the noisy arrival of John and Pony who come over to introduce themselves -- wine bottle in hand. Pony -- affable, fragile and dizzy, explains that she’s always wanted to live in a small town near the mountains in a way that’s just short of “valleyspeak”, while John has non sequitur-filled, slightly contentious exchanges with Bob, who’s quietly imploding and over the unannounced visit pretty quickly. The communication that this foursome engages in as they become more acquainted comes with an awkwardness that hangs in the air, but it also grows to include an intimacy grounded in isolation, love and fear that’s slyly situated just beyond the banter.<br />
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Jennifer is the grounded one, trying her best to bear the weight of her husband’s degenerative disease with stoic caregiving and quiet desperation. Pony has no stomach for the harsh realities of life, and John, in his increasingly distracted way, tries to protect her with clumsy reassurances. Bob covers for his diminishing capabilities with deadpan humor, but is still able to catch glints of gratitude. </div>
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Edward Coffield gracefully directs a uniformly excellent cast with a sharp ear for Eno’s sporadic, offbeat rhythms, lending an engaging naturalism to the dialogue. Well-suited for the cozy theatre space at the J, with creative contributions that enhance the play’s sensibilities, <i>The Realistic Joneses</i> uniquely navigates life’s lowest valleys with laughter and sadness doled out in equal measure -- oddly uplifting and lingering, and it’d be a shame to miss it.</div>
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Directed by Edward M. Coffield</div>
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Marvin & Harlene Wool Studio, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/2+Millstone+Campus+Dr,+St.+Louis,+MO+63146/@38.6852781,-90.4118685,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87df33031989d01b:0x53cbe096e23ea705!8m2!3d38.6852781!4d-90.4096798" target="_blank">2 Millstone Campus Drive Creve Coeur</a></div>
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Jennifer: Laurie McConnell*</div>
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John: Isaiah Di Lorenzo</div>
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Pony: Kelly Hummert*</div>
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The second set of one-act plays in this year’s LaBute New Theater Festival kicked off this past Friday, and while the first half offered a mixed bag, this second half is strong. LaBute’s <i>The Fourth Reich</i> (that you can read about <a href="http://stlouistheatresnob.blogspot.com/2018/07/labute-new-theater-festival-i-st-louis.html#more" target="_blank">here</a>), is followed by Michael Long’s <i>The Gettier Problem</i>, Peter McDonough’s <i>The Process</i>, and <i>Unabridged</i> by Sean Abley.</div>
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<i>The Gettier Problem</i>, directed by Wendy Greenwood, opens with Colleen Backer as Edie Gettier, a patient in a psychiatric hospital. She’s being coaxed into taking her premedication by a nurse (Erin Brewer) and a technician (Spencer Sickmann). The tech is the only one she’ll take the pill for, as she seems to have a little crush on him. Once the nurse leaves the tech to make sure the pill takes effect, Gettier’s physical tics stop, she loses her lisp, and says she’s a PhD who’s undercover doing research about the mysteries of knowledge -- something she hopes to achieve by going through the procedure without premedication.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The conversations between Gettier and the tech about the brain versus the soul relate to a philosopher named Edmund Gettier. In the 60’s, he published a short paper called <i>Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?</i> that repudiated long-held ideas about the definition of knowledge. Any problem having to do with this understanding is called a "Gettier Problem." Tightly directed by Greenwood, Long’s script includes some interesting ideas, and leaves you wondering whether Edie Gettier’s claims are all a bluff. Backer gives a great performance with sturdy support from Brewer and Sickmann.</span></div>
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Next up was the most potent of the bunch -- McDonough’s <i>The Process</i>, proficiently directed by Ryan Scott Foizey. Brewer plays a counselor speaking with Sarah Chapman, a first grade teacher played by Carly Rosenbaum.</div>
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Sarah is preoccupied with her upcoming wedding, not sure why she’s even there, but the determined counselor repeatedly tries to steer her back to the events of a particular day. Light cues change, and a traumatized Sarah reenacts fragments of a school day that was anything but routine -- blown apart by an active shooter. McDonough’s skillfully structured playlet is grounded in reality while trafficking with the celestial, taking the audience into a gripping, all-too-familiar menace and its unexpected aftermath through the eyes of a devoted, young, terrified teacher. Rosenbaum delivers a fine performance that turns on a dime, with more sharp work from Brewer.</div>
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Abley's<i> Unabridged</i> closes out the night, also directed by Foizey. In it, Zak Farmer plays a dealer named Barker in a world where words are the new drugs. Working out of an old building with a cobweb-covered bookcase, addicts come in with money in hand to buy up precious units of language that Barker writes down from his hefty dictionary. One of Barker’s regulars, a junkie named Cesar (Sickmann), proposes a potential partnership when he reveals that a rival pusher may threaten Barker’s business with a superior quality product. Barker’s also confronted with concerns over a first-time buyer (Eric Dean White), and his sharing of contraband word stock with the family. It’s a wacky world Abley shows us, with users itching to “get their learn on.” Farmer turns in a solid performance as the no-nonsense, pistol-packing supplier trying to stay on top, and Sickmann flies high as Cesar. White also does nice work as the more low-key, newbie customer.</div>
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The Gaslight Theater, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/358+N+Boyle+Ave,+St.+Louis,+MO+63108/@38.6425993,-90.2519558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b4cf63528b87:0xab21be574fdfcca!8m2!3d38.6425993!4d-90.2497671?hl=en" target="_blank">358 N. Boyle Ave.</a></div>
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<i>The Fourth Reich</i> by Neil LaBute • Directed by John Pierson*</div>
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<i>The Gettier Problem</i> by Michael Long, Alexandria, VA • Directed by Wendy Greenwood</div>
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<i>The Process</i> by Peter McDonough, Chicago, IL • Directed by Ryan Scott Foizey</div>
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<i>Unabridged</i> by Sean Abley, Los Angeles, CA • Directed by Ryan Scott Foizey</div>
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Sound Designers: John Pierson*, Wendy Greenwood and Ryan Scott Foizey</div>
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The LaBute New Theater Festival is back for its sixth year at St. Louis Actors' Studio. The finalists are culled from about 300 entries, and six new short plays have been chosen, along with an annual debut by the festival’s namesake, Tony-nominated playwright Neil LaBute, who made an appearance on opening night. The first set of three will run through the 15th, and the second trio will run from the 20th through the 29th, with LaBute’s premiere featured every night of the festival. There were also four high school finalists that received a free-admission stage reading this past Saturday.<br />
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LaBute’s <i>The Fourth Reich</i> is a sneaky little play that takes hold slowly. Eric Dean White is a friendly-faced guy sitting comfortably in an arm chair who eventually shares his views about history, and how those who come out on the losing side of it are vilified. His defense of a hard-working German who just wanted to elevate his people is eerie -- as are the ways in which a calm voice and thoughtful deductions prove that perceived moral high ground is always something else to someone else. The chilling justifications are made all the more unsettling by White’s unflinchingly civil performance. </div>
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Eric Dean White in <i>The Fourth Reich</i>.</div>
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In Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich’s <i>Shut Up and Dance</i>, an ex-Radio City Rockette (Erin Brewer) who refused to perform at the presidential inauguration has hit the road to escape the media backlash. After having her behind-the-wheel reveries interrupted by a couple of festively dressed daydream sprites (Colleen Backer and Carly Rosenbaum), she settles into a motel and a conversation with her mother (Margeau Steinau), who’s been worried about her. They commiserate and are snippy with each other, in the way only mothers and daughters can be, but this play feels a little incomplete at the end, despite its tenacious feminist optimism and good performances.</div>
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<i>Advantage God</i> by Norman Kline finds two well-heeled suburbanites with their gated community under attack from “the other people.” With helicopters overhead and explosions in the streets, the panicked husband (White) rushes to pack survival gear while his medicated wife (Backer) makes sure they’ve got plenty of booze and pharmaceuticals for the treacherous journey through the tennis courts and flower beds. White and Backer are very funny here, along with Reginald Pierre who serves as the voice of God. It's entertaining and quirky, though the story starts to drift after a considerable amount of back-and-forth with the Almighty.</div>
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In James McLindon’s <i>Hipster Noir</i>, we meet an old-school gumshoe (Pierre) who works as a barista in a coffeehouse. When a hipster (Joshua Parrack) comes in for his java, he’s immediately taken by the detective’s fountain pen. Apparently it’s a pretty rare pen, and this kid is consumed with the acquisition of all things artisanal. Moments later, a blonde bombshell (Rosenbaum) arrives, claiming to require his sleuthing services, laying on a thick layer of flirtation while she’s at it, blinding him to the swindle to come. The mix of styles, time periods and solid performances make this a fun piece.</div>
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It’s always exciting to get the chance to check out never-before-seen plays, and the first set of this year’s crop has a little something for everyone.</div>
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The Gaslight Theater, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/358+N+Boyle+Ave,+St.+Louis,+MO+63108/@38.6425993,-90.2519558,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87d8b4cf63528b87:0xab21be574fdfcca!8m2!3d38.6425993!4d-90.2497671?hl=en" target="_blank">358 N. Boyle Ave.</a></div>
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<i>The Fourth Reich</i> by Neil LaBute • Directed by John Pierson*</div>
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<i>Shut Up and Dance</i> by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Needham, MA • Directed by Wendy Greenwood </div>
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Erin Brewer</div>
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Carly Rosenbaum</div>
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<i>Advantage God</i> by Norman Kline, NY, NY • Directed by John Pierson*</div>
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Colleen Backer</div>
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Eric Dean White*</div>
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<i>Hipster Noir</i> by James McLindon, Springfield, MA • Directed by John Pierson*</div>
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Reginald Pierre</div>
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Carly Rosenbaum</div>
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<i>In Utero</i> by Ann Zhang, John Burroughs School, Ladue, MO</div>
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<i>Our Last Kiss</i> by Nick Kime, John Burroughs School, Ladue, MO</div>
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<i>Prodigal</i> by Sydney Cimarolli, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, MO</div>
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<i>This Is Piracy</i> by Erica O'Brien, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, MO</div>
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Evan Williams</div>
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Assistant Stage Managers: Jeff Roberts and Connor Brinkley</div>
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Scenic Designer: Patrick Huber</div>
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Lighting Designers: Patrick Huber and Dalton Robison</div>
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Sound Designers: John Pierson*, Wendy Greenwood and Ryan Scott Foizey</div>
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Technical Director: Joseph Novak</div>
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Costume Designer: Megan Harshaw</div>
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Props Designer: Jess Stamper</div>
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Light Board Operator: Jeff Roberts</div>
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Sound/Projection Operator: Amy J. Paige*</div>
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Master Electrician: Dalton Robison</div>
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House Manager: Kimberly Sansone</div>
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Presented by Grand Center, St. Louis Public Radio, and the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, the sixth annual Grand Center Theatre Crawl kicked off last Friday. Over the course of 2 days, with venues scattered throughout the Grand Center Arts District, over 2 dozen companies performed short presentations every 30 minutes -- all for free! It’s another one-of-a-kind theatre celebration that’s pretty unique to St. Louis. The organizers of the Theatre Crawl did some limited research on theatre events and festivals around the country. They found lots of Fringe Festivals, events devoted to specific playwrights, and events dedicated to new work. They did not, however, find anything that celebrated the local theatre community quite like the Crawl. Here’s a very small taste of what was on offer.<br />
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THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER by H.P. Lovecraft • presented by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MacabreSTL/?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser" target="_blank">Theatre Macabre</a> with Maxwell Knocke @ Centene Terrace</div>
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Lovecraft’s ghastly short story was the perfect choice for Theatre Macabre, with Maxwell Knocke as the title character. After being found wandering around in the swamps, a shaken and hollow-eyed Carter is buckling under the continued questioning about the whereabouts of his friend, Harley Warren. Carter’s broken recollections include accompanying Warren, a collector of strange books and student of forbidden studies, to an old cemetery with spades, lanterns, portable telephones, and an ancient book in tow. Warren’s descent down the steps into a particular tomb they’ve unearthed, and their subsequent exchanges through their phone wire about the fantastically imagined horrors Warren encounters while Carter stays behind, is chilling enough to keep you up at night, and wonderfully performed by Knocke. </div>
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THE MEETING by Jeff Stetson • presented by <a href="https://jpek-thearts.com/" target="_blank">JPEK</a> with Zachary Clark and Jason Little @ Washington Tabernacle</div>
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The fictionalized secret meeting between Malcolm X and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. centers on their opposing ideas about how to fight the injustices and unchecked racism during the 60's. With Zachary Clark as a stoic Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Jason Little as an animated Malcolm X, the differing temperaments of Dr. King’s ministerial nonviolent approach and Malcolm X’s more aggressive “by any means necessary” methods resonate with a sadly familiar echo, highlighting today’s advancements and deficits at the same time. Bookended by JPEK’s founder, Joel King’s solemn, stirring “Wade in the Water”, the excerpts from <i>The Meeting</i> provided a lot of food for thought.</div>
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In this excerpt from Lauren Gunderson’s revenge comedy, Nan has had enough of her husband Kyle’s abuse. His illegal hunting, his drunken rants, his insensitivity -- she’s done. But she doesn’t just plan to hit the bricks. She’s duct taped him to an armchair and drizzled a generous amount of honey around, waiting for her bear bait husband to be ripped to shreds while she recounts his past wrongs. Nice work by Renee Sevier-Monsey as the long-suffering Nan and Tim Naegelin as her lout of a husband Kyle. The full-length play will be the third production in West End Players Guild’s upcoming season.</div>
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THE STATUE OF BOLIVAR by Eric Lane • presented by <a href="http://www.straydogtheatre.org/" target="_blank">Stray Dog Theatre</a> with Kay Love and Avery Smith @ The Sun Theatre</div>
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Elizabeth nervously waits for her date by a Simon Bolivar monument. The only other person around is a smart-ass teen named Jemma, who needles Elizabeth with personal questions -- doing a really good job of annoying her. Turns out, the guy stands Elizabeth up, but sends Jemma, his daughter, there instead. Why anyone would do this is beyond me, but watching their attitude towards each other soften was gratifying. Good performances by Love and Smith.</div>
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AUDITION by Joe Hanrahan • presented by <a href="http://www.midnightcompany.com/index.html" target="_blank">The Midnight Company</a> with Colleen Backer, Jennelle Gilreath and Joe Hanrahan @ Grand Center Arts Academy Cafeteria</div>
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A producer (Colleen Backer) and a post-modern theatre director (Joe Hanrahan) are auditioning actors for their upcoming production of Thornton Wilder’s, <i>Our Town</i>. The producer wants to reflect societal changes with gender-neutral, color-blind casting, but the director has a vision for his deconstructed concept of <i>Our Town</i>, and is particular about who should play what. They call in an actress (Jennelle Gilreath) to read for the role of Emily Webb, and she’s come a long way to audition. In fact, she’s come all the way from outer-space. In Hanrahan’s short play, it’s been about three years since human/alien hybrids have been sent to earth after our own population started to decline. There’s a little talk of government secrets, and apparently everyone’s still getting used to the idea. The actress walks in sporadic movements, has a weird speech pattern, but wouldn’t you know it, once she settles in to read for the part, she nails it. It’s a great little play by Hanrahan, who also gives us a fine performance, along with Backer, and Gilreath as a mercurial, but talented actress.</div>
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Be sure to keep an eye out for the next Grand Center Theatre Crawl. It isn’t around for long, but provides a perfect opportunity to experience a little “theatre tapas” from companies all over the region -- and all for free! You can't beat that.</div>
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Playing out on the steps of the St. Louis Central Public Library, Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare in the Streets celebrated its sixth year last weekend. Originally scheduled to run in September 2017, the acquittal of former St. Louis police Officer Jason Stockley generated protests downtown, making it necessary for Shakespeare in the Streets to cancel due to security concerns. Galvanized by these developments, Nancy Bell’s original adaptation was modified with the help of playwriting fellow, Mariah L. Richardson, to further address the divisions, as well as the strengths, within St. Louis. Past productions have concentrated on one neighborhood, but this year, South County, West County, North County and the City were all cunningly incorporated into the tragedy of <i>King Lear</i>, or in this case, King Louis. Tom Martin keenly directed a top-notch cast, and the contributions by Central Baptist Church Choir, The Gentlemen of Vision Step Team and Genesis Jazz Project provided an intense boost to the production. Margery & Peter Spack’s spectacular projections provided a feast for the eyes, transforming the library’s exterior to a sprawling St. Louis City flag design, neon landscapes, lightning-charged storms, and a magnificent stone brick castle -- complete with battlements, torch sconces and crests.<br />
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Joneal Joplin is an imposing but foolish King Louis. With a blind eye to the injustices within his own kingdom, Louis decides to take a step back from his duties. He’s prepared to distribute his kingdom among his daughters, but only after they make excessive declarations of their love for him. Jeanitta Perkins and Katy Keating are a hoot as the shallow, sniping daughters, Goneril and Regan. They lay it on pretty thick, and proudly declare their alma maters in reply to that age-old St. Louis inquiry (most irritating for those of us who aren’t from here), “Where’d you go to high school?”. The youngest and most favored daughter is Cordelia, played by Erika Flowers Roberts, and she refuses to answer silly questions about high schools and is only interested in justice -- not the acquisition of one of her father’s territories. Edmund goes largely ignored as the king’s illegitimate son, but he also wants to shine a light on the inequities in the kingdom, and Reginald Pierre plays him passionately. Michelle Hand is Kent, a loyal advisor to King Louis who is banished for daring to challenge him, and Adam Flores is charismatic as the king’s fool, about the only one the king will begrudgingly listen to. Forced into homelessness after Regan and Goneril refuse to receive him, King Louis is compelled to see his kingdom with new eyes and connect with his subjects, while Cordelia and Edmund rally to drive away fears to bring St. Louis back together.</div>
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There’s hardly a better way to come together for a real sense of community than attending one of these shows, and the feeling of camaraderie lingers long after the play is over. Keep an eye out for the next one. Their production runs are short, but are always a splendid way to see local theatre in a unique way.</div>
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• Original Playwrights Note: “During our frequent conversations with residents, we heard many stories about their love for St. Louis and the pride they have in their neighborhoods. But we also heard about their frustration with problems that seem to be ingrained, not only in our city, but throughout the world, including inequality, injustice, and violence. This project sheds light on what there is to celebrate in our city, while still acknowledging the problems we all face. Our fate belongs to one another.” -- Nancy Bell, Playwright</div>
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Performances 8:30pm nightly</div>
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The Gentlemen of Vision Step Team.</div>
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Remix Cast</div>
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King Louis: Joneal Joplin* </div>
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Goneril: Jeanitta Perkins*</div>
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Regan: Katy Keating</div>
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Cordelia: Erika Flowers Roberts</div>
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Edmund: Reginald Pierre </div>
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Illinois: Jaz Tucker</div>
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Kansas: Elvedin Arnautovic </div>
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Fool: Adam Flores </div>
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Kent: Michelle Hand </div>
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Poor Tom: Isaiah Di Lorenzo</div>
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Minerva Lopez Montaigne </div>
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Margery & Peter Spack projection design.</div>
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Stage Manager: Richard B. Agnew*</div>
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Music Director/Composer: Lamar Harris</div>
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Choreographer: Charlie Johnson</div>
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Costume Designer: Jennifer ‘JC’ Krajicek</div>
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Associate Producer: Kristin Rion</div>
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Scenic and Projection Designers: Margery & Peter Spack</div>
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Associate Director: Jacqueline Thompson</div>
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Choir Director: Minister Christopher J. Watkins</div>
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CEO/Founder, Gentlemen of Vision Rites of Passage Inc.: Marlon Wharton</div>
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Lead Producer: Jennifer Wintzer</div>
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Lighting Designer: John Wylie</div>
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Step Team: The Gentlemen of Vision</div>
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Woodwind I: Chris Hubbard</div>
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Woodwind II: John Menner</div>
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Woodwind III: Jeff Hany</div>
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Woodwind IV: Klaus Bank</div>
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Woodwind V/Band Leader: Hugh Jones</div>
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Bone I: Jamie Burchett</div>
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Bone II: Jim Owens</div>
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Bass Bone: Paul Ahlemeyer</div>
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Trumpet I: Sandy Roll</div>
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Trumpet II: Keith Huffman</div>
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Trumpet III: Van Williams</div>
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Guitar: Robert Hardcastle</div>
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Bass: Tung Morey</div>
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Percussion: Scott Waggoner</div>
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Percussion: Jacob Bisaillon</div>
Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-77262491311725239752018-06-16T01:07:00.000-05:002018-06-16T11:43:37.244-05:00HEDDA GABLER • Stray Dog Theatre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play, adapted here by Jon Robin Baitz, introduced what would become an icon of dramatic literature. During the course of the play, Hedda Gabler (an outstanding Nicole Angeli) tries to fracture the lives of everyone around her, resulting in her own undoing -- all in a matter of a couple of days. Her cruelty is driven by boredom and a lack of purpose or agency near the turn of the twentieth century. She’s a control freak with nothing to control.</div>
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Back from an extended honeymoon with her husband, Jørgen Tesman (Ben Ritchie), the prospect of making a home in the spacious villa she doesn’t want, starting a marriage to a man who loves her but whose study of medieval handicrafts bores her to tears, and anticipating with horror the prospect that she may be pregnant, all conspire to drive Hedda to the brink. With no chance of authority over anything on the horizon, she sees an opportunity for disruption when she learns that an old flame is back in town. Ejlert Løvborg (Stephen Peirick) is a renegade to polite society -- a recovering alcoholic trying to turn his life around. He’s just published a book on Western civilization that’s made quite a splash, and is in competition for a professorship that Jørgen has been all but promised -- a development that brings a devious smile to Hedda’s lips.</div>
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Thea (Rachel Hanks), another old school friend, is concerned that Ejlert might be led back down a path of debauchery now that he’s back in the city. Thea’s taken more than a casual interest in him as of late -- even helping him with a sequel to his book. Thea’s leaving a loveless marriage to have an affair is another source of annoyance to Hedda, who fears scandal and is unable to wield any power in her own life. Jørgen’s friend, Judge Brack (John Reidy), is about the only person Hedda sees as an intellectual equal. He’s influential and slippery, not afraid to use his power, and shares Hedda’s penchant for mischief, enjoying a bit of sharp banter with her when the chance arises.</div>
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Things culminate on the night of Jørgen’s delayed stag party, with Hedda’s realization that despite her best efforts, the fates she wants to swing are out of her reach, including her own, leaving her more despondent than before.</div>
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Thanks to director Gary F. Bell and Angeli, there’s more under the surface of Hedda’s insults and slights. You can glimpse little insecurities and an exasperation that give Hedda undertones of a more desperate nature -- without which might render any other performance more comic than hopeless. The glee that flashes across Angeli’s face when she sees an opening for malevolence is crooked and fascinating. Ritchie speaks his lines as if they’re occurring to him for the first time as Hedda’s docile, academic husband, Jørgen. A truly kind man, he finds himself envious of Ejlert’s talent, but selfless enough to help put the pieces back together once his manuscript to the sequel is destroyed. Reidy’s Judge Brack is charming but shady. He enjoys his clout and never passes up the chance to try and blackmail his way into a more intimate relationship with Hedda. Peirick’s Ejlert seems genuinely in love with Thea and earnest about having a crack at respectable society, but vulnerable to Hedda’s taunts to start drinking again, setting him on a dark course. Hanks is more than just a simple foil for Hedda as Thea. She’s faced with similar restrictions, but she’s a gentle woman who doesn’t play games, yet has the balls to find happiness and purpose. Jan Niehoff and Suzanne Greenwald also turn in hardy performances as Aunt Juliana Tesman and Berte, the Tesman’s maid.</div>
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Stray Dog brings back most of the cast of its production of <i>A Doll’s House</i> from last year, another Ibsen play about a woman trapped within the restrictions of the Victorian era. Here, the cast outdoes itself delivering indelible performances of a notable work. It’s at Tower Grove Abbey until the 23rd.</div>
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Directed by Gary F. Bell</div>
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Tower Grove Abbey, <a href="http://www.straydogtheatre.org/index.php?/directions/" target="_blank">2336 Tennessee Ave.</a></div>
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Performances Thursdays to Saturdays at 8pm, additional performance 2pm Sunday, June 17</div>
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Judge Brack (John Reidy), Jørgen Tesman (Ben Ritchie)</div>
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Hedda Tesman: Nicole Angeli</div>
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Berte: Suzanne Greenwald</div>
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Thea Elvsted: Rachel Hanks</div>
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Juliana Tesman: Jan Niehoff</div>
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Ejlert Løvborg: Stephen Peirick</div>
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Judge Brack: John Reidy</div>
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Artistic Director: Gary F. Bell</div>
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Scenic Designer/Hair and Makeup Designer: Miles Bledsoe</div>
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Lighting Designer: Tyler Duenow</div>
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Costume Designer: Amy Hopkins</div>
Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-38059860479648647092018-06-09T16:53:00.000-05:002018-06-09T16:53:45.683-05:00LUCHADORA! • Mustard Seed Theatre & Theatre Nuevo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you’ve ever run across an odd item in a relative’s home that you’ve never seen before and wouldn’t in a million years expect to see, it can send your mind racing with the possible stories behind it. In Alvaro Saar Rios’ 2015 memory play, Vanessa finds a wrestling mask in her Nana Lupita’s briefcase, and after a little prodding, the story of that mask, lucha libre or Mexican wrestling, family secrets and the ardent perseverance of girls play out in flashbacks at Fontbonne University, courtesy of Theatre Nuevo and Mustard Seed Theatre.</div>
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In late 1960’s Texas where Nana Lupita grew up, she spent her summers selling flowers at her widowed father’s stand so he could give his aching back a rest. When she could get away, she’d ride bikes and eat watermelon with her friends, German immigrants Leo and Liesl. Lupita finds that same mask in her father’s briefcase, and is shocked to learn from a mysterious mask maker that her father is none other than Mascara Rosa, a renowned luchador. With a recent challenge from Mascara Rosa’s nemesis, El Hijo, having been issued, and her father’s health precluding him from answering the call, Lupita decides to enter the world of lucha libre and begin training with the mask maker.</div>
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Vanessa (Isabel Garcia) and Nana Lupita (Carmen Garcia).</div>
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This predominant theme of bucking the system is spun throughout -- Lupita taking on her training, the mask maker, who trains Lupita because she knows no one else will train girls, Liesl, who would rather fix bikes than ride them, her older sister Hannah, who runs off to join the Army, and Vanessa, who’s got some aspirations of her own, though her boxing bell text-tone gives her away. There’s also the undercurrent of secrecy and the shame of being unmasked in the ring that’s always a threat. The identity of the wrestlers must always be kept secret -- from the fans and sometimes the family, just as daughters keep secrets from their fathers, and fathers from their daughters. And subtle but pervasive German and Mexican folk songs are woven in and out, reflecting a harmonious, multi-ethnic warmth among neighbors and friends that surprises with a wistfully nostalgic gravity all its own.</div>
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Anna Skidis Vargas directs with certainty, creating impactful little moments and some nice staging, like the bits of matches that happen in front of us as Nana Lupita watches enthusiastically on her phone from the second level of David Blake’s set. Thalia Cruz’s performance grows in intensity as Lupita. The love she has for her father is clear, and her efforts to try to save him will have you rooting for her as the excitement builds towards the inevitable big match. Isabel Garcia is Vanessa, a teenager typically glued to her cell phone, but engrossed in hearing old family stories, and Carmen Garcia is a nana you could listen to for hours, as Vanessa’s grandmother Lupita. Cassidy Flynn and Ashley Skaggs are well cast as siblings Leo and Liesl, and Hannah Pauluhn is soft-spoken and earnest as their older sister Hannah. Ryan Lawson-Maeske is convincing in a few roles, including an animated ring announcer, and Carl Overly Jr. provides much entertainment as the theatrical, formidable champion, El Hijo.</div>
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The Mask Maker (Cassandra Lopez).</div>
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Rahamses Galvan’s recollections as Lupita’s father about his days as a migrant worker in the fields and his rise to prominence as a luchador are compelling, and the relationship between father and daughter rings true. Cassandra Lopez is no nonsense as the mask maker who can glimpse the future. She’s tough in her training, but always ready with a thermos of sopa, or soup, that heals all aches and pains. Fight choreographer Mark Kelley includes some nice moves, and the cast handles the grappling, sleeper holds and elbow drop maneuvers well.</div>
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Mascara Rosa the second (Thalia Cruz)</div>
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Multi-layered, family-friendly, fun and inspiring, it’s a great way to spend the evening and well worth checking out. It’s running until the 17th.</div>
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Written by Alvaro Saar Rios</div>
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Directed by Anna Skidis Vargas</div>
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Mustard Seed Theatre, <a href="http://www.mustardseedtheatre.com/about/box-office/box-office-and-ticketing-services/planning-your-visit-to-fontbonne-university-fine-arts-theatre/" target="_blank">6800 Wydown Blvd.</a></div>
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Performances Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm & 6pm, Sundays at 2pm</div>
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Boy (Ryan Lawson-Maeske), Lupita (Thalia Cruz)</div>
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Vanessa: Isabel Garcia</div>
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Nana Lupita: Carmen Garcia</div>
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Lupita: Thalia Cruz</div>
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Father: Rahamses Galvan</div>
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The Mask Maker: Cassandra Lopez</div>
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Leopold: Cassidy Flynn</div>
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Liesl: Ashley Skaggs</div>
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El Hijo/Blue Luchador/Boy: Carl Overly, Jr.</div>
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Hannah/Boy/Yellow Luchador: Hannah Pauluhn</div>
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Boy/Ring Announcer/Fight Captain: Ryan Lawson-Maeske</div>
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Stage Manager: Gabe Taylor</div>
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El Hijo (Carl Overly, Jr.).</div>
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Scenic Designer: David Blake</div>
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Sound Designer: Zoe Sullivan</div>
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Costume Designer: Carly Parent</div>
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Fight Choreographer: Mark Kelley</div>
Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149975869332254461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4428622900743427563.post-30075288759464184462018-06-05T22:13:00.001-05:002018-06-06T09:20:27.154-05:00ROMEO & JULIET • Shakespeare Festival St. Louis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ah, young love. And long-standing family feuds, potions, poisons and suicide. Whether it’s in the form of a ballet, opera or <i>West Side Story</i>, Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers is known the world over. Shakespeare Festival’s production is a vibrant one, starting with the colorful streamers draping the set and the trees of Forest Park’s Shakespeare Glen. Margery and Peter Spack’s two-story set features bold stripes, a central tower, lit curlicue spirals and a “Benvenuti Verona” sign. Dust Ensemble, a tight little three-piece garage band (in a little garage!), peppers the play with original compositions that are lively one moment and ominous the next, and the clear diction and phrasing of the cast make it easy to revel in some of Shakespeare’s most beautiful verses.</div>
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The serenity of the procession of the Blessed Virgin Mary that starts this production doesn’t last long, as the Capulet and Montague servants start scuffling soon after, and pleas from the exasperated Prince (Pete Winfrey) to keep the peace under pain of death causes them to retreat to their corners -- for now.<br />
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Juliet (Sigrid Wise), Romeo (Reynaldo Piniella),</div>
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These two families are sworn enemies, but when Juliet Capulet shares a dance with a masked Romeo Montague at her father’s feast (which, judging from the choreography, looks like a great party), the two can think or talk of little else besides each other, with all of the passion of budding, impetuous, all-consuming love. Reynaldo Piniella is our Romeo, sporting shades and a leather jacket when we first meet him. Piniella delivers his lines with swagger, and Juliet finds him irresistible. Sigrid Wise is Juliet, and she embodies all of the giddiness of a love-smitten teen, and eloquence when it comes to cutting through Romeo’s romantic musings to make sure his intentions are true in an excellent balcony scene. Piniella and Wise seem age-appropriately young, and their chemistry is convincing. A well meaning Friar (Gary Glasgow) secretly marries them, thinking maybe their union will bring an end to the families’ ancient feud, and he continues to assist them along the way, but his good intentions propel the lovers’ doomed fate.</div>
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Romeo (Reynaldo Piniella) and Juliet (Sigrid Wise).</div>
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Terrell Wheeler is Mercutio, Romeo’s close friend. He’s sharp, moody and cynical -- poking fun at Romeo’s lovesickness and trying to snap him out of it. Always the life of the party, he gives one of the plays most memorable monologues -- the Queen Mab speech. Queen Mab is a tiny fairy who rides an empty hazelnut for a coach, driven by a gnat, around the noses of sleepers, filling dreams with fantasies and punishing women who dream of love. These wildly fanciful images are brought to life through Wheeler’s spirited delivery. When Tybalt (Dakota Granados) tries to start trouble with Romeo for crashing his family’s party, Mercutio steps in on his friend’s behalf and gets himself killed -- a casualty of the families' grudge, screaming “a plague on both your houses” as a dying curse. This seems to set the course of events on a tragic, inescapable trajectory. Romeo in turn kills Tybalt, and is banished. Desperate to be with Romeo, and in an effort to escape a marriage to Paris (a high-profile Count Juliet's parents have picked out for her, also played by Winfrey), she takes a vial of potion from Friar Laurence that will make her appear dead, thinking she can escape from her tomb when the effect wears off, and live happily with Romeo. Things don’t go as planned.</div>
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Friar Laurence (Gary Glasgow).</div>
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The Capulets are wealthy members of society, but short on parenting skills. Lord Capulet, regally portrayed by Michael James Reed, turns angry and downright hateful to his daughter at the first hint of her opposition to marrying Paris. Lady Capulet loves her daughter, but relies heavily on the family nurse for parental support, and Cherie Corinne Rice stomps around in her heels like one of the “Real Housewives.” Jane Paradise is a delight as the nurse, a confidante to Juliet with a range of inflections and a rhythmic, hearty laugh, providing much of the comic relief, particularly her naughty exchanges with Mercutio. Great performances also by Antonio Rodriguez as Romeo’s thoughtful friend, Benvolio, David Heron as Lord Montague, Patrice Foster as Lady Montague, and Patrick Blindauer, pulling triple-duty in three roles. John Wylie’s lights bathe the set to complement changing moods, and costume designer, Dottie Marshall Englis, employs a rich mixture of styles, patterns and textures. Another creative standout is Paul Dennhardt’s fight choreography, which is stylish and fearsome. Kudos also to text coach, Joanna Battles.</div>
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Tybalt (Dakota Granados) and Mercutio (Terrell Wheeler).</div>
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It’s an enchanting evening all around thanks to director Elena Araoz, who keeps the action humming at a rapid pace, making the three-hour running time fly by. This year, Shakespeare Festival is selling <a href="https://www.sfstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018-Shakespearean-Epicurean-Boxes.pdf" target="_blank">boxed lunches</a>, and Schlafly, the official beer of the Festival, is back with a "Forbidden Ale." Admission, as always, is free, but you can pay $10 - $20 for reserved seating. If you’ve never been exposed to much Shakespeare, this is a golden opportunity. If you have, it's a production worth seeing with a picnic lunch under the stars.</div>
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• It seems that the sea lions from the St. Louis Zoo across the street wanted to get in on the action on opening night, adding their own unique vocals to the mix. That was fun.</div>
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Juliet (Sigrid Wise)</div>
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ROMEO & JULIET</div>
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Written by William Shakespeare</div>
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Music Composed by Dust Ensemble</div>
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Directed by Elena Araoz </div>
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Shakespeare Glen, <a href="https://www.sfstl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Revised-Glen-Map-5-10-18-3.pdf" target="_blank">Forest Park</a></div>
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through June 24| tickets: FREE; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shakespeare-festival-st-louis-presents-romeo-juliet-tickets-44342088380?aff=erelpanelorg#tickets" target="_blank">Premium seating</a>: $10 - $20</div>
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Performances nightly at 8pm, except Tuesdays; 6:30pm Green Show</div>
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Chorus/Peter/Apothecary: Patrick Blindauer</div>
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Ensemble: Harrison Farmer</div>
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Lady Montague: Patrice Foster</div>
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Ensemble: Esmeralda Garza</div>
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Friar Laurence: Gary Glasgow*</div>
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Tybalt: Dakota Granados*</div>
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Balthazar: Karl Hawkins</div>
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Lord Montague: David Heron*</div>
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Nurse: Jane Paradise*</div>
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Romeo: Reynaldo Piniella*</div>
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Lord Capulet: Michael James Reed*</div>
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Lady Capulet: Cherie Corinne Rice*</div>
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Benvolio: Antonio Rodriguez*</div>
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Friar John: Chris Ware</div>
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Mercutio: Terrell Wheeler*</div>
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Prince/Paris: Pete Winfrey</div>
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Juliet: Sigrid Wise</div>
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Stage Manager: Emilee Buchheit*</div>
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Assistant Stage Manager: Nikolas George Brown*</div>
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Text Coach: Joanna Battles</div>
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Fight Choreographer: Paul Dennhardt**</div>
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Costume Designer: Dottie Marshall Englis***</div>
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Artistic Line Producer/Assistant Director: Kristin Rion</div>
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Props Master: Laura Skroska</div>
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Scenic Designers: Margery & Peter Spack/Studio Spack</div>
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Sound Designer: Rusty Wandall</div>
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Lighting Designer: John Wylie</div>
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* Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of</div>
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**Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society<br />
***Denotes member, USA Local 829</div>
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Musicians</div>
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Daniel Ocanto</div>
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Sean Smith</div>
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Graham Ulicny</div>
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