Word: kastleman
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...ultimately, for Kastleman, the play’s themes of memory—as both beautiful and necessary to our sense of identity and our future—remain the focus of her production...
...well, Gladys’s selective memory and confused interpretation of conversations make for some amusing, albeit uneasy, moments. The comedy remains tenuous, however, for as the play progresses and Gladys’s condition deteriorates, “what begins as uncomfortably funny,” as Kastleman says, “ends up being just uncomfortable...
...Kastleman, a performer with Harvard’s improvisational comedy group the Immediate Gratification Players (IGP), is no stranger to comic delivery. She says the training of IGP has helped not only in the play’s more humorous moments, but in the listening and response between cast members, and their spontaneity and risk-taking. She also emphasizes the collaborative nature of the production and the ensemble building that has allowed the cast to “come up with ideas of doing things in dramatically different ways...
...Kastleman says these generational differences and the diversity of characters in Lonergan’s play were important in her decision to bring the work to the Harvard stage...
...Kastleman also cites the relative newness of the play, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, and the possibility of creating a truly innovative production as reasons for her choice of the production. The naturalistic language of Lonergan also served as a draw, as well as the possibility of introducing the promising playwright to new audiences...