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21/One
Another Ugly Duckling Tale
BabyLove
Before the End- A Boy Called Noise
cruel & unusual
Curriculum Vitae
Eating Skeletons
Exiles
Fall and Rise of the Rising Fallen
Flamenco con Fusion
Fuse
Get It? Got it. Good!
Get Laughs or Die Tryin'
Irma at the Movies & Frozen
Just For Laughs
Kingdom of Not- Neon Man and Me
- nEO sURREALIST sYSTEMS
Pomp & Circumstance
Readiness is All
Revolving Madness
sally: MIA / Sheepish
Secret Ruths of Island House
Sisyphus on Vacation
Stone Trilogy, Three Tales
Thanatics - A Rock Opera
This Lily Was (Fontana)
Thrilling Adventures of Elvis in Space
Tilting at Transformations
Visiting Bertha
Waiting for Bordeaux
Where the Sun Don't Shine
Woof, Daddy
Yellow Fever Express
Yorick & Co.
Play: Before the End
Reviewer: Bryn Thomas
2 Stars
This show had about 5 minutes of interesting spoken material/prose/poetry
in it. Otherwise, if you'd like to come over to my house any night, watch
me wander around my house pouring water from one container into another,
and pay me $9, you're welcome to do it.
Play: Before the End
Reviewer: Teresa DePineres
5 Stars
Karen Fox brilliantly portrays the heartache and the humor of being the
last woman on earth.
It had music, it had movement, it had voice.
It was awesome!
Play: Before the End
Reviewer: Fringe already?
3 Stars
Karen Fox is a strong performer with great presence and I'd look forward
to seeing her in other productions. This had some neat ideas going on but
they didn't always come together or took a real long time to do so. The
idea of her being the possible last survivor after the wars and ALL is intriging
but it's never clear who she is speaking to. Are we real , are we the ancestors
, is this just mental revelry or has she gone mad? Or maybe that's the idea.
There has obviously been a great deal of thought that went into this production
,and it's possible it just went over my head , but it seemed too abstract
in getting across her messages. I really did like the revelation to be found
in the old book and wish I could have connected with more of the show in
that same way. I'd also add that there was a great deal to talk about after
the show and that alone makes it worth seeing.
Play: Before The End
Reviewer: Kelly Garton
With great attention to detail, and a slow burrowing into us (both her audience and ancestors), Karen Fox invites us to witness the end of our human journey on earth in Before The End. Through beautiful, cross-cultural song, dance and ritual, Akirame (Fox) offers us her poignant vulnerability, resolute strenghth, and no simple balm, as she faces the sum of all our actions and inactions.
Play: Before the End - 2.5 stars
Reviewer: Craig Kensek
3 Stars
Wardrobe malfunctions occur even after the apocalypse
In this, one-woman show, Karen Fox, shares her life through song (great voice), poetry, soliloquies, after the “big one” hits. The performance wasn’t moving. "Akirame" was sharing her life not with us, but to us. When talking about capturing water in clay vessels, pouring water into commuter thermoses seemed odd. Strange hair and that darned wardrobe malfunction made for a strange performance.
Play: Before The End
Reviewer: John Rackham
4 Stars
Karen Fox has clearly worked hard to perfect this journey to a possible
future of mankind. Akirame, the last woman, and the repository of the last
of humankind's myths, songs and history, talks to us, her ancestors. Ritual
from different cultures mix with advertising jingles and popular songs,
all offered as having equal value to the last person alive on a ruined planet.
Great attention to detail and, for me anyway, a moving climax.
Play: Before the End
Reviewer: Mia Paschal
Karen Fox is a very talented actress, with a compelling stage presence, excellent physicality, and a beautiful voice. And I thought that "Before the End" was a fascinating take on what could remain after we have nearly destroyed the earth, from the food we eat to the songs we sing.