My overall impression
Beautifully Cast. I saw the show on thier third performance ever in public. If people arent Fringe festival Saavy they should know to expect things on the fly few tech rehearsals and on stage dress rehearsals But thats the fun of it too. Often things are like a work in progress being performed with all the heart and guts an actor can muster up with the writers and directors in the audience biting thier nails.
The Fringe central theater is standard black semi-gloss classic venue- not to comfortable seats but youll be OK. The stage is a half circle and alittle large so its best to keep a small cast away from the front of the stage too much unless you want real intimcy.
The writing is very good. Its could easily fall into academia but doesnt. We are being spoken too truthfully engagingly from a unique place There are a few slips into the works of other writers but its great and its good to hear these passages re worked. I would suggest spelling it out a little bit try to find a way to do it without loosing your beautiful undercurrent.
Images were Tennesee Williams alittle twilight zone. The lead actress playing Jem, was vivienne liegh, elizabeth taylor and agnes morehead all rolled into one. If that isnt exciting you must not be alive.
Her brother used a dead pan approach that he pulled off and should take even further because hes has the ability to firmly plant his prescence on stage. He was incredibly good and hes going to be great after he settles into this. The doll was fun and she was creepy and very much a character. Shes like this big elephant int the room they cant remove. The costume is great. The final actress a high class art whore (Im sorry I dont have names) Again was very effective and showed signs of real power in this part BTW she has a killer body (wink). She is a commanding actor and all she needs to do is run over the place with her power in this case she has every right too. As good as they are I sensed a slight holding back I assume by lack of rehearsal time they are still inbetween some choices I certainly hope its not the directors doing because these actors are gifted and can really shine. The play doesnt need any sombering, Its melodrama all the way very 1940s noir styling early twilight zone tennesee williams etc. All these actors were so good for show three by show five they should have it in thier bones. I would suggest to the director that they stop performing so close to the audience and bring them back a bit so we can watch it more voyeuristically and remove the endless "to the audience conversations especially when the characters entering a scene are knocking and coming from a place behind the actors let them direct thier dialog in that direction. Keep them confined and tight keep the tension onstage.
