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...American university town. Eight students share a poster-lined apartment; they worry about Vietnam, joke about sex, and make fun of their professors. As one character in Michael Weller's Moonchildren puts it. "You can't get more relevant...
...Moonchildren tries to take on too much--anti-war demonstrations, the "generation gap," cohabitation: Weller can't organize the bits and pieces of these students' lives into a coherent whole. His play's major flaw is the schism between the student world and the adult world; an assortment of "real" people enter and exit, but their collective intrusion is distracting rather than dramatic...
...smaller-scale direction, especially blocking, is excellent. Smooth timing and imaginative use of props stretch the humor--this particular facet of Weller's play becomes the mainstay of the Dunster production. David Alpert gives a skillful and sophisticated performance as the roguish Mike who masterminds the comic scenes. His sidekick, played by Andy Berger, is a lackluster second fiddle. Andrea Gordon as Ruth and Nikki Mintz as Kathy speak their lines self-consciously, sounding unnatural saying "fuck" and "shit"; it's as though the Jackson twins have bedded down with the entire high school football team...
Moonchildren. The Dunster House Drama Society's production of Michael Weller's play about the emotional and political concerns of eight students sharing an apartment in the sixties. See Ruth Liebmann's review on page 2 of today's Crimson. In the Dunster House Dining Hall, November...
Moonchildren. The Dunster House Drama Society's production of Michael Weller's play about five men and three women sharing a student apartment in the 60s. If it's done well, it's a very engaging show. Directed by Sam Guckenheimer. In the Dunster House Dining Hall, November...