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...program distributed at performances of Club Venus, director Shelagh Kenney promises that student playwright Gabrielle Burton will "explore themes of racial and social interaction, ethnic preoccupations, and the resultant effect of a system of extreme social options." It is a lofty aspiration, but one which Kenney's production realizes with remarkable frequency...
...Club Venus...
...Club Venus is student-written, and it displays moments of the awkward staging and unconvincing dialogue which one would expect from this type of production. But this play is stuffed with enough candor, vigorous acting and insight to more than compensate for any imperfection in expression...
...Club Venus chronicles the Japanese sojourn of Anne (Cara Polites), a Harvard student who works as a hostess in the semi-reputable bar owned by Ono (Michelle Banyas). Rich Tokyo businessmen escape the tedium of their domestic lives at Club Venus; for a fee they can drink, tell bad jokes, and revel in the company of beautiful women...
While the men know exactly what to expect at Venus, Anne does not. She initially hopes to sample native culture and improve her Japanese. Although Anne does gradually adopt local mannerisms, she can never elude her foreign identity; the Japanese discuss her in the third person and dismiss her idiosyncracies as "typically American...