Word: fortunato
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...infection. Everyone on-stage is isolated in space. Most of the cast mills about the empty stage like nomads, their tired despair growing into apathy and hatred. Surrounded by a vacuum of open space, they look small and, conversely, their plights seem small. A few actors, most noteably Jessica Fortunato and Brad Rouse, manage to fill the ample Mainstage...
...Jessica Fortunato's portrayal of Elizabeth Finch, an examiner of the dead, supplies the play's highest moments. Her throaty voice fills the entire theater effortlessly as she marches in like a Norma Desmond and seizes the scene. In the play's brassiest moment, she lies dying, strapped to a bed, awaiting a last ditch operation. Dr. Harmon dons his bird-like leather mask while Sarah, now a nursemaid, polishes an enormous knife. In a fit of pain, Elizabeth convulses and screams. As her bed descends beneath the stage, a beam of light illuminates her body and loud religious music...
Stokes is marvellous as Flan, communicating both his ironic intelligence ("There was an article about it in the paper of note--theTimes," he deadpans) and his essential goodness. And Fortunato has the tempo of Ouisa's anxious monologues down pat--"Two million dollars!" she repeats, like an incantation, as she and Flan woo a potential investor...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club's production, directed by Jason Cooper and produced by Elisabeth Mayer, is a competent if unexciting one, redeemed by excellent performances from Jessica Fortunato and Colin Stokes as the middle-aged Manhattanite couple whose lives are disrupted by a young Black...
...Degrees of Separation" is firmly grounded in the comic side of Guare's play and carried by the strong performances of Stokes and Fortunato. While it might not have taken best advantage of HRDC's resources, it is an enjoyable night at the theatre...