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Opposite extremes converge in The Man Who. . . an artistic combination of two one-act plays under the direction of Brian R. Fairley ’05. Produced by Mollie M. Kirk ’07, this performance pairs two very different, but complementary plays (“The Man Who…” written by Peter Brook and Marie Helen Estienne and “The Man Who Turned Into a Stick” by Kobo Abe) for a unified and touching effect. Although initially slow-paced, the strong performances by the small five-person cast, marked...
Conversely, the much shorter act, “The Man Who Turned Into a Stick” about an emotionally dead man, asks if life is worth living if it is too mundane. Fairley leaves his director’s chair for a moment to also act as the man who, unsatisfied with life, turns into a stick and falls of the roof of a building. As a stick, he cannot respond to the pair of messengers from Hell who, sent to judge his life, decide to throw him to the ground to be lost in a mass of other...
Directed by Brian R. Fairley...
...contributed a convincing and heartfelt Tekmessa, adding an emotional richness and color that the play couldn’t have done without. Matthew Roop-Kharasch’s Teukros was solidly acted and sensitive in its attention to the rest of the cast. Director Brian R. Fairley ’05 put in delightfully sleazy and callous appearances as Menelaos and Agamemnon, providing necessary comic contrast in the midst of the intense melodrama. Kudos, too, to the visually and aurally interesting chorus work of Veronica T. Golin ’07 and Susan C. Merenda ’07. Indeed...
Overall, congratulations to director Fairley for a fabulously rich production that pushed its limits without becoming overdone. The space obstacles presented by the Kronauer were not easy to overcome, but the staff’s excellent judgment resulted in a gripping, well-constructed show with a perfect sense of rhythm and timing. Packed with action and intensity, Ajax was a true...