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...weekends in a row, Stopover has taken over the Loeb Experimental Theater (Ex), charming audiences with the tale of four college students who have 24 hours to make the most of Paris. The second production this year written and directed by Carmichael, it has her fingerprints all over it. The actors, a lively musical soundtrack and an other-worldly paintball sequence combined to create a campy sister story of travel and friendship...

Author: By Sandra E. Pullman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Two-Week ‘Stopover’ in the Loeb Ex | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...capacity as a writer and director, Carmichael took suggestions from all her actors, asking for feedback and even giving them new versions of the script post spring break...

Author: By Sandra E. Pullman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Two-Week ‘Stopover’ in the Loeb Ex | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...Carmichael’s, reminiscent of her The Impossibles, performed at the Playwright’s Festival in the Adams Pool last semester. As a writer, she tends to employ characters with an academic background who analyze their relationships in depth and include esoteric facts in conversation. Much like Carmichael herself—who is known for reciting full-length poems in everyday life—the characters offer insights into art history, sociology and literature as they go about their vacation...

Author: By Sandra E. Pullman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Two-Week ‘Stopover’ in the Loeb Ex | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...Carmichael, who has worked on a production of Macbeth with puppets in the Adams Pool, shines when she sticks to her absurdist leanings grounded in a familiar setting. For example, there is a wonderful scene with a glowing bottle of absinthe, and another with “human art” in the Louvre dancing to oldies. She also creates a fantastic alternate universe of guerrilla paintball warfare, complete with excellent choreography that is a pleasure to watch...

Author: By Sandra E. Pullman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Two-Week ‘Stopover’ in the Loeb Ex | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

...best writing occurs when Carmichael uses her literary license to explore the world she has created. The flat Dharma and Greg dichotomy is best executed in the paintball sequence, when the free spirit exclaims in frustration, “Just, for once in your life, be the type of person who can deactivate the hypermatrix flux equivocator...

Author: By Sandra E. Pullman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Two-Week ‘Stopover’ in the Loeb Ex | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

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