MORE THEATRE EVENTS IN APRIL
BROWNIE POINTS Mothers, daughters, tents,
a nasty storm and an over- night camping trip to a North Georgia mountain—what could possibly go wrong? Janece Shaffer spins a serious yet hilarious tale of shared experiences and the bond of motherhood versus the di- vergent experiences of race, religion and economics. In very close quarters, the mothers and daughters are forced into conversa- tion by the storm outside, struggling to relate to each other while ethnic and religious prejudices—some strong, some hidden—create a squall inside. Meaningful yes, smooth no—let’s just say “Kumbayah” it ain’t. The show runs Friday, April 13 through Sunday, May 27 at the Lambs Players Theatre, 1142 Orange Avenue, Coronado. For tickets and information call 619.437.0600 or go to
lambsplayers.org
A MAN, HIS WIFE AND HIS HAT The Moxie Theatre presents a lovely little tale about a man who loves two
The style of the 1958 scenes has a flavor of a writer like Terrance Rattigan,
who wrote Separate Tables. Rattigan was writing very effectively and was much lauded for his abilities to portray sexual repression during that period. The actors fit well in to both time periods. Thinking about it from an actor’s perspective… it’s kind of schizophrenic, for an actor to have to jump. Yes, I think that they embrace it. As a matter of fact, I had the company read
Design by Living by Noel Coward. It’s a remarkable piece of theatre, about a trio of two men and a woman. They’re all in love with one other. That’s the way, they want to go forward in their relationship and society looks on it in disdain. Is the script by Alexi Kaye Campbell, all pure drama? Does The Pride allow sarcastic wit or humor in to the relationships of the characters? It absolutely does. The 2008 character of Oliver is especially struggling with
his relationship with Philip. Oliver has a tendency toward anonymous and casual sex. Philip doesn’t like that… he’s not comfortable with that. So in a hu- morous way, Oliver is very self-deprecating and makes fun of himself in scenes. So, there is sarcasm and acerbic wit. What do you hope the audience takes away with them after a performance of The Pride? I hope that the audience is provoked by the issues the play explores and it
builds confidence in us as a “community.”There is this idea that the playwright asserts, that it’s important to be proud of ourselves and in numbers, that pride becomes political. You only have to look at Proposition 8 to understand that.
The Pride is at the Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Boulevard, Suite 101. For Tickets and information call 619.220.0031 or go to
diversionary.org
things deeply, his wife and his hat, but not necessarily in that order. Hetch- man is a retired hatmaker who is extremely comfortable in his armchair. That comfort is threatened by the disappearance of his dear hat, and sweet wife— he vows to search to the ends of the earth for them but cannot quite seem to leave that comfortable chair to do so. Torn between love and comfort and a few other things—a talking wall and a hungry golum to be specific—is it his comfort that is threatened or is it more than that? Check out what has been described as a klezmer-inspired love triangle between a man, his wife and his hat. Runs Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 29 at the Moxie Theatre 6663 El Cajon Boulevard, Suite N. For tickets and information call 858.598.7620 or go to
moxietheatre.com.
TOP DOG/UNDER DOG Enter Lincoln and Booth—no, not the assassin and the dead presi-
dent—two African American brothers whose name were given to them as a joke. Appropriate, some in their life might say, because it represents the lifelong struggle between them, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism and their troubled upbringings. History repeats itself as they are forced confront the shattered reality of their future as well as their past. Suzan-Lori Parks asks the question of whether our past defines our future in this “fable” of love and family identity. Runs Friday, April 20 through Sunday, May 12 at the Ion Theatre, 3704 6th Avenue. For tickets and information call 619.600.5020 or go to
iontheatre.com
by joel martens APRIL 2012 | RAGE monthly 17
photography by ana pines
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