THE
ATTIC THEATER COMPANY presents at THE FLEA THEATER
the
dreamer examines his pillow
by
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
Directed
by LAURA BRAZA
Executive
Director TED CAINE
Cast
Donna...LAUREN
NICOLE CIPOLETTI
Tommy...SHANE
PATRICK KEARNS
Dad...DENNIS
PARLATO
Company Manager: Noelle France
Scenic Design:
Julia Noulin-Merat
Costume Design:
Lauren Gaston
Lighting Design:
Dave Upton
Sound Design: Beth Lake
Sound Design: Beth Lake
Production Stage Manager: Amy Pen
Technical Director:
Joe Cooley
Casting: Judy
Bowman Casting, CSA
The
Flea Theater
41 White Street in TriBeCa, 3 blocks below Canal Street between Broadway and Church Street
41 White Street in TriBeCa, 3 blocks below Canal Street between Broadway and Church Street
Written by Pulitzer Award
and Tony Award-winning playwright, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, and
theatre and film director John Patrick Shanley, "the dreamer
examines his pillow" is not one of the more audience friendly works by Mr.
Shanley who is more known for "Moonstruck" and "Doubt"
which were audience pleasers.
The story is about three unhappy
people torn apart by the assumptions and fears on loving someone too much or
perhaps lust is the right term that makes people crazy. It starts off with
Tommy (Shane Patrick Kearns) and Donna (Lauren Nicole Cipoletti),
an on-and-off again couple who argue, then make up by having sex but Donna is
worried she's falling for a guy who is just like her Dad (Dennis Parlato), who apparently had a similar relationship with her
mother that traumatized her during her adolescence. Hence, she seeks out her
Dad to rectify things with herself as well as Tommy.
This is ornery material to be performed by actors
over 90 minutes. The first act started out explosively with Tommy and Donna,
then slowed down to a father daughter conversation about the meaning of
relationships, sex, and reconciliation in the second act, then with the third
and final act that ended in an absurd way as though the writer ran out ideas
and steam to keep pace with his intense beginning, although riddled with poetic
language throughout the play. Kudos to
the actors and Director, Laura Braza,
for reviving this Off-Broadway play that originally debuted in 1986.
-
Laura Thompson -
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