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PLAY
- An Evening With Olaf
- Angry Jellow Bubbles
Anything Show
Avalanche
Beatrice And Virgil In Paradise
Benefit Of Doubt
Breton's Dream
Chain Reactions
Chasing Rabbits
Condensed Works Of Frank Cullen
Counting The Ways (A Vaudeville)
Crazy Lady
Devil, Doctor Faustus And …
Disengaged
Don't Tap On The Glass
Double Counterpoint
Dr. Constance Cumming …
First Woman Plural
Floating Bone
From Shit Grows The Roses
Gretl
Happy Endings Are Overrated
Hold Me!
Imbecillus
It Came From Beneath The Kilt!
Jack The Ripper Slept Here …
Kiwi Standup Experience
Male Diva
Ma-Ma-Mamalia
My Penis In And Out Of Trouble
Myth Of Sisyphus
Neo Surrealists
Number 2
Opium
Regular Show
Run Jenny
Seeds Of Longing…
Slam, Bam, Thank You Ma'am
Sole Searching
State Of The Empire Address
Stew!
Ten
That Dorothy Parker
Theatre/Plague
Thicker Than Water
Tim's Magic Lantern Show
Tragical History Of Dr. Faustus
Trailer Trash Tabloid!
Treachery
Withering Glances
Woven
Zewski's Folly
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- 1play = Treachery
2name = Vince Vitale
3email = WorldGazer@aol.com
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = Treachery
Three distinct playlets, held together only by a shared site at a church,
give us an inside window on our sense of honor and the strange commitments
our circumstances lead us into. Where's the "treachery?" According
to Webster's, treachery is a "violation of faith, betrayal of trust,
or treason." In the first playlet, the treachery is both in the British
fellow's vendetta against our founding father George Washington for leading
us away from the crown -- a sort of treason -- and the woman's desire to
terminate her commitment to visit the grave of her dead tennis partner.
From their shared angst a bond grows. The second playlet presents us
with the conundrum of the priest who refuses to condemn the woman who seeks
condemnation for something she did not commit -- the self-treachery of
guilt. The third playlet is a warped comedic forgiveness of a hood by
his intended victim -- the treachery of misguided trust. Playwright Clark
Morgan has created strong, disarmingly obsessi!
ve characters chained to their sense of purpose. His excellent direction
is evident in the shining delivery of all the actors, especially Neil Howard,
who delivers electric stellar performances as both the bright compulsive
Brit and the dim-witted hood. Trust Treachery. It's a play to believe
in.
- 1play = Treachery
2name = cameron galloway
3email = camiegal@slip.net
4rating = 5 Stars
5review = This trio of plays is just great. The writing is so fantastic
you don't even notice how it's working - hell, it's late and I can't find
the right words, but I felt so encouraged to live life by these plays.
Like someone telling me a kind story to help me keep going - a story that
believes in courage and doing the big heart thing. This writer is like
character of the priest he created in the second short play - he's wise
with great heart and I almost feel he wants to give us, the audience, a
guiding light or some kind of healing to help us live. AND while they address
defeating conundrums of life, these plays manage to be hilarious (humor
- another little healing balm the author-priest kindly and wisely offers
his audience). The acting was so very committed and great. Such good will
emanating from the stage - generosity and commitment all around, from the
wonderful actors toward the writer's script, from the writer to the audience.
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