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A
(Bearded) Lady
BLESSING
HER HEART
Break-Upocalypse
Carnival
Of Chaos: "Survival Tips For The Reckless"
Cemetery
Golf
Cockroach
De
Rerum Natura; Or, Love The One You Whip
Eat,
Pray, Laugh!
Fists
of Funny
FOOL
FOR A CLIENT
The
Fox
The
Frank Diary of Anne
The
Godling
Hell,
The Musical
I
Prefer Fur
Inside
Private Lives
J.Lo.Hew
JESUS
IN MONTANA: Adventures in a Doomsday Cult
Knitting
LandEscape
Legs
and All
Marriage:
a queer institution
MISSING:
fugue #9: wear a warm coat
No
Ordinary Nut
Open
Season, A Queer Performance Spectacular
Play
4 Play
Poste
Restante
PUBLIC
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Comedy and Justice for All
Pulp
Scripture
Recess
Searching
for the Voice of the Third
Show
No Show
Spider
Baby the musical
Suicide
Me!
The
Surprise
The
Tao of Everest
Tater
Stew
tempestuous(ness)
or HIStory is Told by the Victors
The
Texas Chainsaw Musical!
Theatre
of the Battle
Ticonderoga
The
Unbearable Lightness of Raya
| FOOL FOR A CLIENT EXIT on Taylor SATURDAY 12 7:00 PM SUNDAY 13 2:30 PM TUESDAY 15 7:00 PM WEDNESDAY 16 8:30 PM THURSDAY 17 10:00 PM SATURDAY 19 5:30 PM |
by Mark Whitney SOLO PERFORMANCE, NOT FOR PEOPLE UNDER 10 |
A story as powerful, funny and relevant as it is true, Fool For A Client, Mark Whitney's high-energy, award-winning, one-man political dramedy, deftly and hilariously explores the inherent tension between the Golden Rule, Rule of Law, tolerance, zero tolerance, fear and freedom. This tale of individualism and risk versus bureaucracy and control, centers around the ten year battle between a lousy student who makes $50,000 his first year out of high school selling vacuum cleaners and the United States Government, represented by an endless array of bankers, lawyers, tax collectors, FBI agents, politicians, judges, prosecutors, prison guards and probation officers.
WINNER, 2005 San Francisco Comedy Convention
WINNER, 2007 D.C. Theatre Fesitval (BEST SOLO)
WINNER, 2007 Iowa Theatre Festival (BEST OVERALL)
WINNER, 2008 Minnesota Theatre Festival (#1 TICKET SALES)
WINNER, 2008 Boulder International Theatre Festival (Audience Favorite)
OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2008 Midtown International Theatre Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION, 2008 New York International Theatre Festival
WEBSITE: www.markwhitney.com
FACEBOOK: http://tinyurl.com/markwhitney
Performance photos, reviews, video
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-ZdV8COGU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-ZdV8COGU
FOOL FOR A CLIENT' is the award-winning, one-man political dramedy for which I am executive producer, writer and performer.
"POLISHED....FUNNY....MOVING....TERRIFIC" ~"A Finely Tuned
Fury", Peter Marks, Chief Theater Critic, The Washington Post
***
"The foremost amateur attorney in the history of the United States!"
~NYTheatre.com
***
A story as powerful, funny and relevant as it is true, Fool For A Client,
Mark Whitney's high-energy, award-winning, political dramedy, deftly and
hilariously explores the inherent tension between the Golden Rule and the
Rule of Law, tolerance and zero tolerance, fear and freedom. This tale of
individualism and risk versus bureaucracy and control, centers around the
epic ten year battle between a lousy student who makes $50,000 his first
year out of high school selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door and the United
States Government, represented by a seemingly endless array of insidious
bankers, lawyers, tax collectors, FBI agents, politicians, judges, prosecutors,
prison guards and probation officers.
***
Whitney takes the Bryant Lake Bowl Stage fresh off his SOLD OUT, FIVE STAR
run at the 2008 D.C. Theatre Festival!
***
"MUST SEE: A hilarious and harrowing journey into the belly of the
beast that is our criminal justice system, with a captivating raconteur
as guide." ~Rob Hubbard. Theatre Critic, Pioneer Press/TwinCities.com
***
"When Mark Whitney takes the stage and starts talking about his love
of high-school civics and how he was the class smart-ass who married the
valedictorian, for a moment you might experience a sensation akin to sitting
down next to the wrong guy at a bar. Then you realize something about the
guy: He's exuding the weird, almost unfamiliar fumes of a guy absolutely
high on old-school American freedom. With a stand-up comic's wit, Whitney
tells the story of his life: his rapacious tactics as a vacuum cleaner salesman,
his forays into early Ben and Jerry's franchises, then his conviction for
bank fraud and subsequent odyssey as a self-taught legal expert and federal
prisoner. By the end, he pulls his themes into our present moment, complete
with babies being scanned in airport X-ray machines in the name of safety.
Raucous, hilarious, damn near revolutionary." ~Quinton Skinner, Theater
Critic, Minneapolis City Pages
***
"Critic's Pick!" ~Star Tribune/Vita.mn
***
"A vivid, never-boring combination of legal scholarship, humor and
moral insight. And it's all hilarious!" ~Janice Cane, Theater Critic,
D.C. Theatre Scene
***
"What a story! What a story teller!" ~Pamela King, '08 D.C. Patron
Reviewer, TheatreMania.com
***
"Funnier than Defending The Caveman!" ~Roger Calaizzi, '08 D.C.
Patron Reviewer
***
"Mark Twain meets Lewis Black" ~Chris Critic, Boulder International
Theatre Festival
***
"A fascinating tale....full of unexpected twists....fiendishly clever....full
of insight....the foremost amateur attorney in the history of the United
States!" ~Robert Weinstein, NYTheatre.com