Seattle Repertory (www.seattlerep.org) opens its production of Circle Mirror Transformation written by the promising young playwright, Annie Baker. Directed by Andrea Allen, CMT is set in the “artsy small” fictional town of Shirley, Vermont and candidly explores the complicated and frequently messy world of human relationships. Through the backdrop of an improvisational adult drama workshop […]
October 10, 2011
The Seattle Repertory kicked off its 2011 season with Humor Abuse – a well-crafted engaging biographical production which explores one man’s search for independence, meaning and identity in the shadow of his larger than life, vaudeville-legend father and life growing up in San Francisco’s illustrious Pickle Family Circus. Humor Abuse, written by Lorenzo Pisoni and directed by Erica Schmidt, explores the universal experience of growing up, finding oneself and making peace with imperfect parents but wisely does so by evoking empathy for young Lorenzo while avoiding syrupy melodrama.
October 3, 2011
...Most of life goes by like a late night movie watched while sprawled out half asleep on your couch with the lights off. It takes on a dreamlike quality, edges blurred and the details fuzzy. You have a vague nagging sense that something important is transpiring, but you seem distant, detached and far removed from it.
October 28, 2011
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