Word: zelman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first act, the tension between director Lloyd Dallas (Daniel Zelman) and his actors keeps the audience's interest. Dallas desperately wants to run through the dress rehearsal in order to have a good opening night, but the actors keep pausing to question the motivations of their characters. Zelman commands to them with a perfect balance of sarcasm and subtle condescension...
...play, Dallas gets into a tiff with Garry Lejune (Donivan Barton), who plays Nothing On's furtive Roger Tramplemain; they disagree about why Tramplemain must complete a certain stage direction. Barton is amusing with his inarticulate show of righteous anger, but most of the laughs come from Zelman's deadpan delivery. Dallas' reaction to Tramplemain's tantrum exemplifies his feeling toward his cast: "I'm starting to know what God felt like, sitting outside in the darkness, creating the world: He was very happy that He'd taken His valium...
This week's guests include Mr. and Mrs. Righteous Proletariat, Ken (Daniel Luke Zelman) and Eileen (Heather Gunn), as well as Mr. M.B.A. and Mrs. Happiness-is-a-BMW, Ted (Peter Ocko) and Lou (Nicole Galland). With such contrasting types in one place, something is rotten in the camp of Erpingham...
...holds-barred cast. Becker, Ocko, and Galland are all wonderfully loony tune and daffy in their roles, hamming it up to the hilt yet without excess. And Lindley, Logue and Linus Gelber are solid in their supporting roles as Erpingham sidekicks. The two best performances are those of Zelman and Gunn. In particular, Zelman plays Kenny with a hilarious bravado that energizes the entire show. It is in his scenes that The Erpingham Camp shifts into full farce flight...
...Daniel Zelman '89, who has acted in three Ex shows and directed A Bunch of Little Mamet Things there last semester says, "The Ex is special because you don't have to worry about dealing with house drama societies. And, you don't have to worry about getting an audience. Plus, there's all the Loeb equipment...