So today …
… I took Glen’s advice and checked out the pirate queen, who was in fact pretty good; I’m off in a minute to see Queen of the Bohemian Dream, because I think Bobby Smith is one of the craftier musical-comedy guys in town; and after that I think I’m gonna do either Chocolate Jesus or One in Two.
If I hold up, that is.
Other things I’ve seen but haven’t written about:
- Cordelia’s Fool, which was charming and smart, if a little slight (like somebody said in one of the open threads, I think, I wanted a little more commentary on the play, in addition to the playful Cliffs Notes); she’s done, but she’s appearing this weekend in The Trojan Women.
- A White House Tale, which begins hopefully but ends up being about as dire and awkward as you’d expect a politically themed improv based on A Christmas Carol to be (except for Elizabeth Jernigan, who out-acted everybody else even when her head was covered by that scary Reagan mask)
- Our Love is Empty, vigorous dance piece intercut with some video bits, one of which is a hilariously deadpan thing involving Elvis’ “Love Me Tender,” a red felt-tip and a pair of tighty-whities (Keith may write something later today, ‘cuz he’s got the dance-writer vocab that I don’t)
And one thing I just realized I wanna see: Hamlet? That is the Question, whose promotional blurb makes the show sound off-puttingly wacky, and didn’t clue me in that it’s being done by a group whose work I really liked last year — Leslie Felbain and her Infinite Stage troupe. (They put on Site-Seeing — see the video interview from last year.)
6:18 pm
So…..uhhh….Trey…my dear, dear friend…
Last year you had *mucho video* to back a lot of this up… Um, did you utterly piss off your camera man, or is this year all about “…words, words, words…” ????????????
J/K
Awesome job. Enjoying reading YOU aloud to myself. (tee heeee)
:^P
6:23 pm
trey – i feel like you are ramping for a big finish with all your posts…THANK YOU!!!
9:21 am
Hi Trey,
I’m sorry you missed Chocolate Jesus again. We sold out all 5 shows and the reception we’ve got from the audience was fantastic!
We’re talking about doing 2 more shows sometime soon. We’ll let you know if that’s the case so you can come see it.
Thanks for this blog and all the updates and feedback on Fringe!
3:26 pm
CHOCOLATE JESUS was a terrific addition to the fest and gave me, and I am sure many others, a great intro to SpeakEasyDC. This was a very entertaining and provocative collection of personal tales from each of the 4 ‘performers’ (they are true stories informally told so I hesistate to call them actors). The title says it all. No idols here, but honest and no-holds barred stories of each individual’s faith or religious background and the conflicts and contradictions that life throws at those beliefs, be they rural Christian, Jewish or Catholic. Definitely not just faith-bashing, but very irreverant and relateable, even to this Atheist. Don’t miss it when it gets staged again. I am definitely going to check out their monthly open mic.
4:48 pm
So glad you liked Chocolate Jesus, Theaterhound. We appreciate the kudos. Our next show is August 14th. The theme is “The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth: Confessional Stories that reveal our deepest secrets.” and it will be at Rumberos at Tivoli Square in Columbia Hts. We have 2 features and the rest open mic. The open mic has been running on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 8pm since 1998.
You can find out more at http://www.speakeasydc.org
ps. I’m the Jewish one from the show. And the Director of SpeakeasyDC. Please find me if you make it to another show!