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...Doormouse (Jess R. Burkle ’06, Jen H. Rugani ’07, and Masha O. Godina ’08) deliver their lines with flawless timing—and the exchanges between Alice and the Red and White Queens, played to perfection by Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 and Laurel T. Holland ’06. The performances are appropriately complemented by a quirky choice of score, vibrant hair and makeup, and fantastic costuming designed by Casey M. Lurtz ’07. For example, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee (Rugani and Jennifer L. Brown...
...which ran in Radcliffe Yard from May 5 to 7. Taking its cues more from “Shrek” than from Dickens, the play worked as both a comedic children’s show and a delightful postmodern farce. The play, co-directed by Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 and Jess R. Burkle ’06, utilized an amusing frame narrative, beginning with a woman’s (Birnbaum) visit to a French barber, Mr. Guillotine (Burkle). In this version, written by Adam V. Cline ’02, it is hair that matters above...
...TALE OF TWO CITIES Location: Radcliffe Yard DATES: May 5 at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., May 6 at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., and May 7 at 2 p.m. DIRECTOR: Mary E. Birnbaum ’07 and Jess R. Burkle ’08 Since when was the guillotine considered funny? For a while in the 19th century, it seems. “It was the popular theme for jests; it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented the hair from turning grey, it imparted a peculiar delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor...
...none appear in the play, men dominate “The House of Bernarda Alba.”Presented as a joint venture by the Undergraduate Council, the Ann Radcliffe Trust, and the Office for the Arts with producer Kim Chen ’08 and director Mary E. Birnbaum ’07, this story of a proud widow who attempts to keep her household from shame by oppressing her five rebellious daughters suggests sexual frustration and a deep disillusionment with men. These themes collide forcefully with the claustrophobia of small-town life in Spain at the turn...
...Bernarda Alba” was a revolutionary play in its time, a compelling critique of the dangers of social convention and the agents of repression. Birnbaum has stayed true to this avant-garde legacy, infusing Hare’s new, modern translation with her own creative stage techniques. Birnbaum’s fresh rendition of Lorca’s popular play promises an intimate night of lingerie, catfights, and social commentary...