Word: kargman
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hackneyed little trick, true, but the scene still had a shot—until Kargman jumped up and corrected the student by slamming his head against the table. The bawdy physical humor just didn’t fit the sophisticated wit that distinguished the rest of the play...
...example: In one scene, another unnamed student (Sophie C. Kargman ’08) wants to get the attention of Cutmore-Scott’s character, with whom she is sharing a bench. She ends up informing him that Oreos cause cancer, spitting her gum into his hand as he looks on with astonishment, and eating all his chips. Nonetheless, the scene ends with Cutmore-Scott agreeing to come to a party she’s hosting. The result was an awkward situation that was, brilliantly, both believable and exaggerated at the same time...
...play was structured in a back-and-forth sequence that alternated between philosophical monologues by Cutmore-Scott and illustrative scenes enacted by a highly versatile four-member cast that included Cutmore-Scott, Kargman, Simon J. Williams ’09, and Zachary B.S. Sniderman ’09. The monologues and scenes paired up in case-studies, “Sex and the City”-style, that covered topics ranging from stressful Harvard academia and romantic issues with an archetypal ex to final clubs and the masculine image...
...audience is engaged and you’re responding to them in the process.” Cutmore-Scott wanted to experiment in “Fall” by combining two forms of theater. Throughout the play, each of the four cast members (Cutmore-Scott, Sophie C. Kargman ’08, Zachary B.S. Sniderman ’09, and Simon J. Williams ’09) portrays different characters, transitioning from soliloquies addressed directly to the audience to more traditional cinematic scenes, all the while using unconventional improvisational techniques. “There are two sorts of extremes...
...Sophie C. Kargman ’08 also turns in a solid performance as a foster mother facing failure in “Autobahn,” the eponymous final piece of the play. Like many of the other actors, Kargman’s performance occasionally lacks momentum, seeming to ramble for long periods without character development. Nonetheless, Kargman brings a strong personality to her role that makes it comically superficial, yet ultimately deeply poignant...