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...bank, need a place to hide the money as the police chase after them. They stuff the body in a closet, but scheming nurse Fay (Laurie Williams) discovers their plan and demands to be a part of it. Throw in a shockingly ambivalent and corrupt police inspector Truscott (Jeremy Geidt), a series of farcical cover-ups and Orton's scathing lines, and the potential for a hilarious play, at the very least, should be there. The problem is that the actors had a particularly difficult time finding the humor of Orton's lines and delivered his cynical, casually indifferent quips...
Fortunately though, the second half of the play saw an amazing improvement. This was due largely to the efforts of Geidt, whose Truscott really brings out the flavor of Orton's sardonic lines. Dismissing the corruption of the British police and his own ineptitude with the same casual deadpan manner, Geidt successfully conveys the amorality of Orton's society. And that really is the true genius of Loot: that devil-may-care attitude to any sense of right and wrong or to any constancy at all. None of the characters try too hard to hide their crimes, and they very...
...This semester, she's taking a course taught by Lecturer on Dramatic Arts Jeremy Geidt...
...Geidt says, as a director, Brustein gives actors many opportunities to give their input to the show and allows them freedom that enhances the work overall...
...dictatorial director," Geidt says. "It's a collaboration between the author, the playwright and the director...