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CLICK HERE FOR RECENT REVIEWS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER CLICK ON PLAY FOR AUDIENCE REVIEWS FOR THAT PLAY 21/One: Twenty-One Shows in One Hour 3 Plays About Your Mom Antarctica ARE YA WORKING? Being Something: Living "Young" and Growing "Old" in Oakland Bound and Gagged Brilliant Disguise Brother #1 Cervix With A Smile Chinese Clown Cabaret CornTato Divided We Fall Do The Clam El Camino Loco Fear of a Brown Planet Fresh Meat Go Kibbitz go! Got Lucky Green Bamboo Hermitage Here to There LOUNGE-ZILLA! Love Scenes Magnificence of the Disaster MEDIAVOID Name You Can Trust, A nEO-sURREALISTS Paper Dolls Playing in the Dark Politics on the Edge Revolving Madness SHIFTINGS Show me where it hurts Slow Moves, Rich Tales Sperm Warfare Thersites Waiting for the Relevance WALKING BACK TO BROOKLYN Werewolf, The When You Stand Alone Yellow Tunic, The You May Now Kiss.... My Sass		Play: Bound and Gagged Reviewer: polynesian_metal 4 Stars It was surprising to see how this series of 6 one act plays were connected by the strangest things--shellfish and nevada. The stand out piece was tom miller's SNAP. This was about all the shoulda woulda coulda pradas that most all of us have experienced when enduring a relationship that has outlived its worthiness. Also Jeff Brendt, who was not in snap is a most intriguing actor, versatile with the greatest ability. Play: Bound + Gagged Reviewer: Rob D. 3 Stars I found the entire evening of 9/13's B+G performance entertaining. The show of six short scenes, based with the same themes of being "bound and gagged," ranged from the outlandish bizzare to the eerily familiar. Perfect for the Fringe, I must say. The acting and the plays' content improved and grew stronger as the shows progressed. I particularly appreciated the surprisingly sympathetic character at rock bottom played by Jeff Bredt, and the Salmon Woman Arrestee. A solid show with some funny and quirky moments. * Go see it. Play: Bound and Gagged Reviewer: Lynn Yang 5 Stars The show on Saturday 9/10 was excellent. Actors were energetic and engaging. Plots were original and contained refreshing twists. The collection of plays was rich, and some themes threaded through several plays (perhaps inadvertently). I highly recommend this show. Play: Bound and Gagged Reviewer: Israel Hayes 5 Stars Any play that opens with a someone's head popping off is worth my 9 bucks anyday. Throw in an undulating, ululating, bound & gagged Cass Brayton who arises to shake what mother nature gave her (or what she picked up at the store), gay cops, a salmon obsesed soup suspect, long time loser buddies, a boy and his "fucking whore" boyfriend, a brother and sister trivia bloodbath, and a Las Vegas grade finale, and you have Rumpus's Bound and Gagged. I'll admit that I had no idea what was happening in front of me at times, but I was rivited. Play: Bound & Gagged** Reviewer: John Hutchinson 1 Star Talk about not ready for prime time. This group wasn't ready for an audience on the night I saw their witless effort at humor. (Thursday 9/8) Lines were dropped. Lighting was unreliable. Timing was off. Each member of the company seemed to be in a different play. Hapless.