Word: actorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What happens when two ordinary people have two extraordinary days? This is the question explored by The Zoo Story and The Actor's Nightmare, two one-act plays performed back-to-back at the Adams Pool Theater last weekend and this weekend. A tragedy and a comedy, these plays explore similar themes in not so similar ways...
...motif of opposites. Peter and Jerry lead very different lifestyles: Peter has the conventional family life with a wife, two daughters, two cats and two parakeets, while Jerry lives alone in a rooming house with two empty picture frames. The theme of opposites supports the decision to perform The Actor's Nightmare, directed by Hilary K. Snow, right after The Zoo Story, pairing the tragedy with a comedy...
...Actor's Nightmare has a similar premise: a man who leads a very conventional life suddenly has his world turned completely upside-down. In this case, however, the story follows a different path. Scott Brown plays George Spelvin, an accountant, who one day finds himself in a theater and is expected to perform. Now it is the "normal" man who finds himself out of place...
Brown's character may not know how to act, but Brown definitely does. His timing is perfect; half of the comedy is in his blank stares and looks of confusion. The rest of the cast is equally funny, switching roles as the plays change. Mills appears in The Actor's Nightmare, too, demonstrating his versatility as an actor...
President BSA, '96-'97; Black Men's Forum '94-'95, Chairman; Kuumba Singers '93-present. Singer/Director/Composer; Black C.A.S.T, Actor; Winner Denzel Washington Look-A-Like/Act-A-Like Contest...