the play's the thing!

its me!!

hi all!

so updates from mary.

i went hunting with dad, got a duck.

i liked it alot =]

ok so this weekend i went to minneapolis and saw four plays. wow. all of them were so good!

first-

Radio Golf


was so interesting, it definably got you thinking.

it was about a black charactor running for mayor, and his wife and friend were helping him along with a project of renovating a ghetto part of town into shops and parking lots. but its halted for a bit when an old man said that he didnt get any notice that his house was sold, and that he had to pay taxes since someone always paid them when his mother was alive. the politician finds out they bought the house before it went on sale on the market so it was illegal. after he finds that out he finds out that his dad was the one who was paying their taxes. and upon finding that out he finds that they are related! so he loses his election, his friend and wife, and the play ends with him going to help the old man with his house. all in all the least interesting play that we saw but it was so interesting! Andy was finding so many points that was like "its a wonderful life"

on to the next one!

Bert & Ernie, Goodnight!



what can i say about this? AWESOME!

i cant really explain, but watch these videos and you dont get the feel but its enough i think






both of the actors did a wonderful job of pysical work, using their bodies like they were muppets, the flailing around and stuff =]

if you ever get a chance to see it, take all your family and go! i loved it and i think youd have to be a rock to not enjoy it.

then we saw

The House Can't Stand





which was a one man show. well a one woman show. it was two hours long and the energy that he had playing this character was amazing! to clarify.

Steve Epp is really famous and with Dominique Serrand directing him on what he had written, was amazing.



here i'll just tell you what the thing said,

"The Southern Theater presents the world premiere of a new solo performance and the debut of a new Twin Cities theater company. This compelling story of a lonely mother in search of a future was created by former artistic directors of Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Steve Epp and Dominique Serrand, and by the team that brought you such acclaimed productions as The Miser, Carmen, Fishtank, Don Juan Giovanni, The Deception and Maria de Buenos Aires." -- http://www.southerntheater.org/2009_10-22_epp_and_serrand.htm

just wow. wowsie. overwhelming. Jeune Lune had to disperse because of money trouble i think so i feel really privileged to have seen such a great play. or monologue rather.


the last play was

Ruined



wow. what an impacting play. it was set in Africa during some of the rebel wars,
and focused on more of what happened to the women and how they get through it. just wow. it was amazing.

well now im off! good bye!




Posted by Mary