Word: wiprud
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vocally that the Currier House production fails. Director Ted Wiprud takes Eliot literally throughout, and doesn't tamper with casting or staging: he turns the Currier Fishbowl into a miniature basilica, lining the audience reverentially on either side, as though the plastic seats were pews. The director's straightforward approach falters only because many in the cast simply lack the vocal agility to carry Eliot's play safely from poetry to speech...
...benevolent father of the Miller family, Ted Wiprud sets the tone for all the other actors. Wiprud could easily have lapsed into a fifties sitcom portrayal of a consistently sympathetic and understanding father. More convincing than that, his performance shows real anger and also real forgiveness. Amusing when harassed by his exasperating offspring and touching when anxious for them, Wiprud stays in the background throughout the play. A quiet, unspectacular role, mouthing soothing commonplaces to his children about the necessity of growing up, Wiprud nevertheless makes this father the sort everyone would like to have. As his wife, Shelley Evans...