Word: kwatinetz
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This production clearly does justice to Shaffer's work. The complex and potentially confusing storyline is delivered clearly but not condescendingly. By placing the stage in the center of the audience, intermittently rotating the carousel-like platform in the center and constantly shifting the lighting, director Matthew Kwatinetz '98 let each audience member receive a unique perspective of the action onstage. The accompanying instrumental music often blended seamlessly with the tension and emotion of the events on stage--although some of the first act scores seemed better suited to the contrived drama of a made-for-TV movie...
...Neil Simon directed by Danielle Kwatinetz...
...Leverett House's production of the play, directed by Danielle Kwatinetz, the basic plotline has remained unaltered, as Florence Unger (Nora Dickey), a fastidious housewife, moves in with her slovenly friend Olive Madison (Rashida Jones) after both women separate from their husbands...
...that it could have been. Forced jokes about pregnancy and little speeches about women's lib are nothing more than tokens if they are spoken by the same cliched female characters we have become accustomed to. In spite of Jones' solid performance and the riotous supporting cast, director Kwatinetz fails to overcome the limitations ill-thought conception...
...little tiresome toward the end of the play, but her scenes with Sidney are natural, anchoring Darlene amidst the zaniness of its other characters. One of the most amusing of these is Lucy, a new take on the earthy-actress image that provides a nice small role for Danielle Kwatinetz. Her portrayal is delightfully off beat, with flighty gestures and intonation perfectly matched to her nonsensical train of thought...