Tesla's White Pigeon
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Play: Tesla's White Pigeon
Reviewer: Joe
4 Stars
Tesla's White Pigeon, it's like watching some new game that has been invented and you're watching it being played for the first time. not knowing the rules yet can make it seem like an inside joke at times, but this sensation dissappears when you give up trying to "figure it out." it's more like a painting than a play. fragmented. illusive. intriguing. though it can be confusing at times, a strange intimacy creeps over the whole experience. the space stays charged from beginning to end. i almost hated not knowing how. perhaps abstract, but it is representative of performance at it's simplest and athletic form.


Play: tesla's white pigeon
Reviewer: tom
1 Star
three actors with suspenders and a pile of suitcases, disconnected text, noise music that fades in and out, a short thirty something running time, audience was 3/4ths full at exit mainstage and they seemed to be alternately enthusiastic(hoots and hollers at the curtain) or dumbfounded. i heard more than one post show conversation in the hallway that started with, 'what was that?'

i think mugwumpin needs to abandon the anti-narrative method they claim to take from lecoq/naropa and deliver some theatre that justifies the residencies and support they have hoarded since they arrived years ago. i have been to several of their shows and the singular impression i am left with is one of insider arrogance and privilege.


Play: tessla's white dove
Reviewer: Mr.R
1 Star
basically this is the kind of show that gives theater a bad name. I was in turns bored and annoyed, by the meaningless, repetative, and mind-numbing, whatever-ness of this production. I didn't "get it", because there was nothing to get. If you are going to be absurd, non-linear, or surreal, then at least try to make it interesting. JEEZ!


Play: Tesla's White Pidgeon
Reviewer: Brett
1 Star
Whoosh...., that's the sound of the air this play generated going right over my head, or in other words, I don't get it.


Play: Tesla's White Pigeon
Reviewer: George Crowe
3 Stars
Witty, amusing and well-performed physical performance theater but somewhat over-loaded with often inaccessible in-humor.


Play: Tesla's White Pigeon
Reviewer: Nancy
4 Stars
Don't know what it all meant, but it was a heck of a lot of fun. Three human beings, or three puzzled cogs in some kind of cosmic machine? Three excellent actors, that's for sure. Just leave behind any of your usual ideas of plot , dialogue or character, and let this particular machine run its fascinating course.


Play: Tesla's White Pigeon
Reviewer: RRR's picks
2 Stars
The concept was great and movement in theater is a wonderful idea but you have to know choreography.