Still running at
THE DAVIDSON/VALENTINI THEATREFridays & Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 7 p.m.
September 13-November 16
http://www.lagaycenter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TE_ON_OUR_STAGES
I had a wonderful challenge going ON for the lovely Ann Noble for two performances of this engaging moving play. Grateful to Ken Sawyer - Director and delightful genius, for the opportunity.
Grateful to the whole company and crew for their generosity and kindness - they got GAME!
It was the perfect soul cleanser after a summer of CHICAGO!
http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Reviews-THE-LARAMIE-PROJECT-TEN-YEARS-LATER-Offers-Needed-Insight-into-Growing-Problems-20131014
"Ken Sawyer has imaginatively staged this piece in the round, and in this small theatre space, intimacy makes all the difference in getting the audience involved. Actors are seated among you and greet you, creating an even more intimate atmosphere, and the action close-up becomes so riveting, it is impossible not to feel a part of it. These actors play a variety of roles with a quick change of merely a hat or jacket and very little alteration of voice, accent or demeanor. Their credibility is assured...no falsehoods here, as Kaufman and his team use the exact transcripts of the interviews they conducted. Herron, in a marvelously gripping performance, plays Catherine Connolly and Judy Shepard, Matthew's mother. Paul Witten, Carl Johnson, Paul Haitkin and Ed F. Martin beautifully play the Tectonic company members, as well as playing several of these Laramie people. They are all wonderful, as are females Che Landon, Leslie Stevens (in for Ann Noble), Christine Sloane and singer/guitarist Johanna Chase. who with her lovely Judy Collins-like voice. Michael Hanson and Dylan Seaton alternate playing the two convicted murderers Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney, who are also interviewed by the team. Both do terrific work. Scenic artist David Burnham and set designer Robert Selander must be cited for vibrantly helping to put us there, smack dab in the middle of this prairie town".
