Carin Bratlie, director
Keith Prusak, actor – “Heironimo”
Me, actor – “Lorenzo”
Kit Gordon – dramaturg

Go listen! http://bit.ly/d16639

Chris Roberts caught up with me at Caffetto last week for an interview and to record snippets of me actually working on line memorization.

Go to MPR’s website to listen to the entire piece and see photos.

Some Girl(s) hones in on lonesome men

Careless, calloused, perhaps clueless: Walking Shadow Theatre Company’s well-acted production of “Some Girl(s)” portrays the strengths and limitations of Neil LaBute’s script.

Man, this show has been going great!  I’m really proud of the work we’re all doing, and it’s nice to see that critics and audiences are responding favorably.  I really get off on hearing the audiences’ horrified reactions and incredulous laughter.

Two more weekends left!  Four performances down, six to go!

www.walkingshadowcompany.org

‘Some Girl(s)’ has sharp staging, creepy characters

Tonight is our Pay What You Can! Come on down to Pillsbury House for cheap theatre on a Monday night!

The ensemble of actors onstage…in Walking Shadow’s searing production are as collectively compelling as any cast I’ve seen this year, in anything.

In the hands of Balcom and his cast, LaBute’s play is appropriately chilly but also heartbreakingly human. It’s an exceptionally powerful show.

Read the full review at TC Daily Planet.

Wethern gives a wonderful performance, oozing good intentions, and aptly portraying Guy’s inability to figure out how to connect to these different woman.

Each of the woman gives a strong performance as well, particularly Anna Sundberg’s fun-loving Tyler

…everything seems to flow so seamlessly together, credit must go out to the director…Brian Balcom

Read the full review at Mr. Belich’s blog.

Photo by Aaron Fenster

Some Girl(s) had a great opening last night!  The audience seemed to confirm our suspicions that we have a pretty good play on our hands, and our first review is already out.  John Olive reviewed us favorably at How Was The Show.  Enjoy my “rumpled aplomb,” won’t you?

Read John Olive’s review of Some Girl(s) on HowWasTheShow.com.

We also got a mention from Dominic Papatola in a Pioneer Press piece about non-Christmasy shows going on right now.  Unfortunately, he makes a factual error, saying my character Guy is “approaching 40″ (He’s just into his 30′s), but I’m not gonna quibble with good press.

Visit walkingshadowcompany.org to make your reservation for Some Girl(s)!  Also, this upcoming Monday is our Pay What You Can performance.

Tonight is our first rehearsal in the space, and I’m pretty excited.  After being waylaid by illness, I’m back in good health and ready to leap into tech rehearsal.  During Friday night’s rehearsal, I literally had no voice, so our wonderful stage manager Penny spoke my lines while I rehearsed the staging silently.  It was actually useful for me, though, in that it forced me to focus on the physical aspects of my performance.

Thankfully, my voice returned in time for my audition for The Jungle Theater (my first for the company) yesterday.  I felt very good about my audition — I actually had a good time, which can’t always be said about auditions — and it was a pleasure to finally meet Bain Boehlke.

Remember everybody, Some Girl(s) opens this Friday night! Make your reservations: www.walkingshadowcompany.org

If you missed our interview about Some Girl(s) on Jazz 88 this morning, you can listen to the whole thing online now:  http://bit.ly/2xbTx4

Thanks to Ed Jones for having us in and recording the interview, and thanks to Walking Shadow’s John Heimbuch for posting it.