Basil Harris performs further feats of phraseology with a pair of stories by Kelleen Conway Blanchard. Here too the first act is the stronger piece as Harris adopts a hick accent for Real Love, a tale that is as charming as it is disturbing. Continue reading Well-Written “Stories for Bad Children” and Indifferent Dancers
Or, takes so many risks, it’s hard to believe they all work. It defies convention by refusing to define the time period with costumes and dialogue, instead choosing the ambiguity of mixing Restoration costumes with late ’60s glam rock, and mixing colloquial phrases with rhyming couplets. The ambiguity continues as each of the characters describe their amorous interests as based solely in pleasure and happiness as opposed to gender, or obligation. Continue reading Have You Ridden Seattle Rep’s Or, Yet?
