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Theater
meFausto
Conceived and Directed by Greg Smucker
Written by Melissa James Gibson
Designed by Joe Stanley
Costumes by Mary Anna Culligan
Produced by 15 HEAD -- a theatre lab
April 23 to May 23, 1999
at the Red Eye Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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"Director Greg Smucker's staging serves up everything from
Wizard of Oz quotations, a dream ballet and Expressionist
crowd scenes." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune
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"Directed ably by Greg Smucker as if it were a series of dream sequences,
the play begins at Hades Bar and Grill, where a red-tailed bartender serves
drinks, then moves through a number of well choreographed scenes ending in a 'dream ballet.'"
-- Star Tribune
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"The company has always prided itself on its use of the
soundtrack. Here, a blues guitarist plays his instrument off to one side
of the stage. When an opera singer joins in, running through the theme
from Carmen, the combined effect is culturally dissonant but
harmonically delicious."
-- City Pages
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"The story hits its climax when Simon stands in a phone booth trying to
reach Ingrid. He dials and redials, each time hearing a different message
in Ingrid's voice, each time finding himself disconnected before he can
leave his own message. As Ingrid's sentences are chopped into a
repetitive, hypnotic chant, Simon literally climbs the walls of the booth,
folding his body in on itself until he hangs upside-down. Then the phone
booth is wheeled offstage."
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"a sharp, dexterous
little number" "'MeFausto' combines sly word
play with all the right moves."
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The St. Paul Pioneer Press "a stylish and spunky piece of work."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
"plenty of mesmerizing and delicious theatrical
moments."
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