His Minute Hand

His Minute Hand is visually and intellectually stimulating theatre. Cleverly adapted to work in an intimate black box space, this place takes a hard look at how human behavior is affected by a restrictive political regime. The characters are written in such a way that at once you love them, hate them, and sympathize with them. In each scene the stakes are high--we’re talking life and death here. All four performers are at the top of their game and you watch their characters develop and live out their tragic fates through an altered yet seamless timeline of events. I couldn’t look away. ... full review

I appreciate the passion and earnestness of all aspects of this production: script, acting, direction. Obviously a very dedicated group and their mission is to offer a platform for young theater artists. So, yes, they are serving that mission for writer, director and actors, however, the company betrays its inexperience with a underdeveloped script, cliched directing and overacting and/or stiff acting. The bright spot is actor Lloyd Mulvey who brings a natural acting style to the table as well as professional skill. ... full review

I heard about this show purely through buzz and am very happy to have caught an early performance today. Kaliski weaves a story together that is both terrifying, vague enough to keep me guessing but close enough to 'normal' life that it hit home for me. As opposed to many flashback structures, I never quite knew where we were going next nor did I feel that the playwright or director felt the need to connect every single emotional dot for its audience. That was greatly appreciated. The ensemble was strong and Lloyd Mulvey played Rip Lamplight's struggle with an irony worthy of early Ayn Rand: torn between friend and love and country but never doubting that country was first. Starting the play on such a highly charged scene worked to place ... full review

A combination of awkward writing and unrooted performances make for tedious experience with what could have been exciting and engaging subject mater.... full review

I can appreciate what the author was trying to do here, but found the scattered placement of the scenes made it hard to understand what was happening until the third or fourth scene in...like Pulp Fiction in the jumbling of the scenes but since this play was also asking the audience to jump into a different world circumstance, it was really hard to get and want to stay with. Avant garde art house Big Brother, Farenheit 911esk.... full review

I attended the Saturday matinee of "His Minute Hand," and since I was show hopping, I had no idea what it was about before I entered the theater. The world of the play is vague. It's set in an unnamed Eastern European country during an unnamed war, though there is mention of Prague. It's either contemporary or set in the future, and the society's laws are both unexplained and nonsensical. In this place and time, the playwright has managed to conjure up an incredibly dramatic scenario that highlights the damaged lives and relationships caused by one man's fear and inability to breach protocol. It's non-linear journey takes us back and forth between the happy memories of two young couples in love to the suffering they endure in a society where... full review