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American Appetite: Tales of Dirty Young Boys & Spry Old Men, The
An Evening At Home
Anablep and Other Oddities
Back to Kroenig
Beckett's Last Dance
Beneath Sita's Belly
Black Box Confessions
Blue Sofa
Candistan
Caught Sleeping
Cleopatra!-And Antony
ClockBusters
Death Blow - The Show
Devouring Time
Engineer and The Artist, The
Enronicles
Exit Laughing!
F--king Handicapped Guy
Fred Anderson -Professional Goofball!
Full Spectrum Improvisation
George Bush's Nuts
Getting It Wrong
Guano dell' Amore - ("Birdshit of Love")
Gulag Ha Ha
Interactive Solo Performer Daniel Packard
Ken and Andy Show, The
Lillie, A Musical
Looking, Then Pointing
Mad Adventures of Chaos For Hire, The
Me Laugh You Long Time
Menopause and Desire: Or Why Must I Be Middle Aged and In Love?
Microclimates: A Crime Against Gravity or The Burrito From Sausalito
My Son, the Mummy: Episode Pi
nEO-sURREALIST sYSTEMS pRESENTS: HOE- DOWN!!!!!
Objects In Mirror (May Be Closer Than They Appear)
OUTTAKES: Monologues, Stories, and Social Commentary
Rise And Fall of The US/them Empire, The
Smashing Icons
Something You Might Want
Song in Your Blood, The
Spray
Stranger In Woodstock
Surfing Toasters
Survival of the Fit Enough/ Fern
Talking To Myself
Tangled
Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Underground Movement Theatre
Upper Canada Cougar Movement, The
Valentine's Play Time
Way Light Strikes Filled Mason Jars, The
Winterkill
Woods For The Trees
Zucchini: The Forbidden Dance!
 

Play: Valentine's Play Time: face divided
Reviewer: Jim Strope
Reviewer Email: jims@sfsalvo.com
Rating: 4 Stars
Sorry, I don't know the blonde actress's name, but she could run hot and cold within a second. She could be sweet and loving one moment and murderous in another. Given her role of loving-but-abusive mother, her duplicity was very useful and effective, providing very visible ironic contrast.

The other characters were very supportive and skeptical receivers of her dissemblence.

The script's leisurely revelation of the facts was effective, especially in how it revealed the other side of the actress's personality.

OF the five plays I saw at the Fringe, I will probably remember this one most.


Play: The Song in Your Blood
Reviewer: Kirk
Reviewer Email:
Rating: 3 Stars
Denise Dee's writings are amazing, however unlike last year, the delivery of the play was off. Mostly, casting hurts this production than the script. The women were casted well, however the men, in particular Finn Sr. & Jr., were not up to par with the script. I would like to see this play in full production, but with the cast now, it will only hurt a piece of Denise's more.


Play: valentine's Playtime
Reviewer: tslerner
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Rating: 4 Stars
I liked the pretty-much dead-on Rhode Island accents a lot. Sharp, solid acting work from everyone, great direction. The ending is fantastic. I love theater that leaves an audience thinking.


Play: Survival of the Fit Enough/Fern
Reviewer: Karina
Reviewer Email: kjsliwin@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Rating: 5 Stars
Amazing. The first piece, Fern, was so relaxing and then threating. Sitting on the floor of the theater, i felt safe to enjoy the sound scape around me but then the crazy woodcutter attached my senses. I really felt as if I was at the bottom of a forest being threated by the town near by. Deborah Slater's piece was fantastic: emotionally moving, excellent choreography, great video work, and fun puppetry. I felt the show had the most depth of any Fringe show I've seen so far.


Play: Valentine's Play Time
Reviewer: Vince Vitale
Reviewer Email: WorldGazer@aol.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Two short poignant plays, Edward Allan Baker's Face Divided and William Saroyan's Hello Out There are brought to life by Val Hendrickson and four exceptional actors. This is excellent one-act work.


Play: Valentine's Play Time
Reviewer: Jonathan
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Rating: 5 Stars
2 rarely-seen one acts wildly different in style, place, and tone. A classy, well put together show that provides a nice palate-cleansing respite from the typical in-your-face, absurdist, monologue movement piece Fringe fare.


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