- OTHER MEDIA
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- review by Robert Avila, SF Bay Guardian February 1, 2006
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- This is a doubly apt title for an evening of short works by San Francisco
playwright-actor Sean Owens, since it carries the homophobic connotation
"awed by nature." This, too, Mr. Owens seems to be, and in the
best way, proving him a keenly parodical observer of creation, especially
in its more heightened representations on stage, screen, and song. This
is no news to those who've seen some or all of his work over the past 15
years (including a recent stint playing the Riddler in the Dark Room's
premiere of Batman the TV Show: The Play), but the freshness of some of
those pieces can still surprise. True, not all selections here attain the
perfection of nature, odd or otherwise, but most cut a fine figure and
at least three or four are gemmy. And with a sharp supporting cast (featuring
Libby O'Connell, Don Seaver, Nick Sholley, and Michelle Talgarow), playfully
animated title sequences (by filmmaker Jeremy Solterbeck), and expert musical
direction-accompaniment (by Joshua Pollock), it all adds up to something
slightly stranger than life.
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