Showing posts with label Jakers Productions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jakers Productions. Show all posts

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Silence (Buffini)

Jakers Productions
May 20, 2006; closes June 24, 2006

Interestingly penned quasi-historical comedy with echoes of serious contemporary issues. Performances stuck largely to the middle of a short road. Hazarding abrupt shoulders of higher theatricality (while still avoiding potholes of low comedy) might’ve offered a better view of this wondrously broad landscape (e.g., the king in shackles and shadows).

Saturday, August 28, 2004

Wonder of the World

Jakers Productions at the Magdelyn Theatre
August 28, 2004

Absurdist farce of a woman leaving her oppressive husband and traveling to Niagara on a “journey of self-discovery” has potential to be dementedly delightful. But the humor in Julie Akers’ directing (of which, admittedly, we saw only the first half) is stopped up when it should cascade like a waterfall.