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Abducted
Action!
Asian for Dummies
Ball and Daisy Chain
Can You See Me?
Certain Things...
Chinese Clown Cabaret
Cincinatti
Come Fly With Me Nude
Comedy on the Square
divagation
Faker
Flame and the Stone
Flower Murderer
Framework
Future Folkloric
Hollywoodland
Home/Darkness
Hooray for Speech...
It's Stupid to Steal...
Late Night With God
Long-Form Improv &...
m.i. blue's TWILITE...
Magic @ the Fringe
Moliere Than Thou
nEO-sURREALISTS Present
Other American Stories
Oui Be Negroes
PAIN
Quarter Into It
Rabbit Causes Dog
Rap Canterbury Tales
Reframing the Hourglass
Short and Sweet...
some life
Subhuman-True Tales...
This Love Train...
Thrilling Adventures...
Tonight: The Harsh …
Under the Counter...
Viva Karaoke!...
Viva Vivi
Wrestling an Alligator
Young War
Zeppelin Beach Improv

Play: Action!
Reviewer: Melinda
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Rating: 5 Stars
Undeniable comedic genius. I don't even know the lady, but I hate her. I hate her because she thought of "whistle dance" and I didn't. Don't see this show if you have no sense of humor.

Play: Action!
Reviewer: K. Fitz
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I would like to respond to whatwasthat's comment about the five-star reviews of this show. I previously gave this show five stars, and I must be honest and say that this is really a four-star show. I tacked on an extra star because Thessaly is just so damn cute. So there you go - five stars in all. I hope this clears things up.

Play: Action!
Reviewer: Preston
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This play had some pretty funny moments. Towards the end of the play, however, I was a bit overwhelmed by her non-stop frantic energy - like drinking a six pack of red-bull while racing. Still, I think she'd make cast on SNL.

Play: Action
Reviewer: whatwasthat
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Rating: 2 Stars
I was very disappointed with this show especially after all the 5 stars reviews. First of all she talks so fast that you can't understand at least half of what she says and while she has great "energy" after awhile a show that is just about energy gets very annoying. I would seriouslly avoid this show. Also it seems like all the shows have 5 stars for the initial reviews , like everyone has all their friends write the first reviews. Put more faith in the reviews that come latter that are written from people who don't know any of these performers.

Play: Action!
Reviewer: Henry Milstead
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Rating: 2 Stars
The title of the show aptly has an exclamation mark after it; it sure is excited about itself. After a while, the self-indulgence begins to wear thin and you get the feeling that she should "probably SLOW THE HECK DOWN". Call me nit-picky, but while I admire people for their energy, I ENJOY performers for their intelligibility.

Play: Action!
Reviewer: OneHotCynic
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Rating: 4 Stars
High energy performance, very funny script, lots of wild, over-the-top characters. Well worth seeing. A suggestion about the structure of the piece, which I hope I can make without giving the ending away to anyone who hasn't seen it: if some hints are dropped early on about the hypnotic power of the you know what, and also about the vicious evil supervillian nature of you know who, the sudden transition where the story changes trajectory would be easier to take in stride. As it was, the first half of the play felt like a different show to me than the second half: First half - spirited send-up of shallow, vain, consumer-culture; second half - weird Batman episode. I think the two halves could be made to feel like a unified whole with a little massaging of the text.

Play: Action!
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Rating: 2 Stars
Quite frankly, I just wasn't as impressed as as some of the other submissions. Oh well.

Play: action
Reviewer: Liebe Wetzel
Reviewer Email: lunfan@mindspring.com
Rating: 4 Stars
Lovely work Thessaly. funny writing, intriguing concept. lovely satire. great stage presence. I did miss alot of the jokes because you spoke at such a rapid pace, with very few moments of stillness.

Play: action
Reviewer: mommie dearest
Reviewer Email: kmlerner@comcast.net
Rating: 5 Stars
Thessaly Lerner is the most fabulous child star i have seen evr and derserves to play Aniie and Dorothy in La La land, se Action before she becomes only on film. signed her mom

Play: Action
Reviewer: Peter Nachtrieb
Reviewer Email: peter@rustedfork.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Action is like a shot of heroin, but without all the baggage. Nonstop jokes, wild characters, and mind-popping cultural references are joined together by a bizarre hollywood story and one top notch performance. I didn't stop laughing.

Play: Action!
Reviewer: K. Fitz
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Rating: 5 Stars
I can't find my "Action" review on this page, so like Whitesnake, "here I go again (on my own):" Thessaly is a fire-cracker of energy. Her characters are a blast. She reminds me of Gilda Radner actually. See her now before she becomes a major network star, and buy a rubber chicken from her ($3).

Play: Action!
Reviewer: d.o.h.
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Rating: 5 Stars
Check this sassy lady out! Thessaly Lerner has charisma, comic timing, and some of the hottest batton-twirling tricks in town. Don't miss this talent before she slips back off to la-la land!!!

Play: action!
Reviewer: heather
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Rating: 5 Stars
thessaly is a dream boat. she's so entertaining and brilliant. her characters are amazing and i wanted to see more. more. more. more.....bring it, thessaly!!!
made me laugh a lot! thank you!

Play: action!
Reviewer: heather
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Rating: 5 Stars
thessaly is a dream boat. she's so entertaining and brilliant. her characters are amazing and i wanted to see more. more. more. more.....bring it, thessaly!!!
made me laugh a lot! thank you!

Play: Action!
Reviewer: noah
Reviewer Email: noah@ripetreats.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Thessaly Lerner is the new pink~
She has the most energy I've ever seen.
EVER.
I love my rubber chicken.
thank you.
kissies,n

Play: Action!
Reviewer: Lo Bil
Reviewer Email: l.bil@utoronto.ca
Rating: 5 Stars
Performed by tour-de-force physical performer Thessaly Lerner, Action! is a highly entertaining political satire on social relations within the hyper-consumptive US media culture, told from the points of view of exploited children, a beleagered underling, and an executive who is thoroughly addicted to her own insecurities. Kudos to young Thessaly for her poetic zeitgeist on the tragedy of a spiritually vacuous life. Action! turns the media darlings upside down, and the message is delivered with charm, wit, verve and enough energy to fuel a revolution.

Play: Action!
Reviewer: Diana Galligan
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Rating: 5 Stars
Excellent show - great characters, wild moments and a lot of great fun being poked at Hollywood, and life in general. Thessaly is super talented and has a amazing range of characters. It's an adrenaline-charged, wacky fun show. Cool voice-overs, too. See this one for sure! Diana Galligan - from "Viva Vivi!"