- Chain Reactions
By Trevor Allen; Black Box Theatre Company, San Francisco. Play/Multimedia/Other- Appropriate for Children over 12. Warning: Experimental Theatre still exists in S.F.
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play = Chain Reactions
2name = Vince Vitale
3email = WorldGazer@aol.com
4rating = 2 Stars
5review = Chain Reactions
When a performance chooses a site in a planetarium, we should have the reasonable
expectation that it will have some sort of planetarium show associated with
it. Trevor Allen's Chain Reactions does not. Oh, yes, it may be the physicist's
version of Six Degrees of Separation, ergo showing the interconnectedness
of us all like stars in the firmament (sic). But really, don't be fooled
by the high concept floating around here. Section headings and unrelated
slides are projected on the planetarium ceiling. When this is done, the
ceiling's colors shift to flat blue-gray and rob us of the only visual pleasure
we could have in this setting, the sense of resting back under the stars.
This work was previously performed as a setting for a dance piece by the
Rebecca Salzer Dance Theatre, and it was much more appropriate as such,
than as a stand-alone. Andrea Nelson's graphic images on the program and
poster are beautiful. Besides the cleverness of the interconnected dialogue,
the !
one piece of this work which held my attention with some depth was the dialogue
between Einstein and Szilard about Einstein's signing on to support the
bomb. Otherwise, in the course of watching this over-regarded work, the
two quotes from the script which summed up my experience were "God,
this chaos is so tedious!" and "Why am I here?"
1play = Chain Reactions
2name = Cate
3email =
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = For those of you who have gazed at the cosmos and wondered, "Why
am I here?" this is a funny, touching, serious - and "it's quite
simple, really" - look at quantum physics. Excellently scripted, with
four fabulous voices - definitely worth the trip to the Planetarium at Golden
Gate Park.
1play = Chain Reactions
2name = Vonn Scott Bair
3email = vsbair@sirius.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Astounding. Simply astounding.
1play = Chain Reactions
2name = Mike Ward
3email = IsisArtsCo@aol.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Trevor Allen's CHAIN REACTIONS at the Morrison Planetarium is
a must-see for all Fringers. An experimental work for four voices, the work
is crafted in solo vignettes that are also de-and-re-constructed into quartets.
Bold, poignant and daring in its approach, it is executed exceptionally
well by the four actors involved.
There are only two shows left next Sunday (7PM and 8:30PM). By all means,
head to Golden Gate Park and the Morrison Planetarium for CHAIN REACTIONS.
1play = Chain Reaction
2name = Randy Sterns
3email = rrsterns@yahoo.com
4rating = None
5review = These are poems in plays' clothing. Helen Slaten Hughs is a delight.
1play = Chain Reactions
2name = Andrea Kuchlewski
3email = andrea@regularshow.com
4rating = None
5review = Helen Sleighton-Hughes is fabulous!