Seattle Claims World Premiere of New Theresa Rebeck Play by a Week
Director Julie Beckman has drawn vivid performances from the three actors in this show. Beckman culled Downstairs from the four scripts read in last year’s Construction Zone series for this full production. Good choice.
Somewhere I heard a quip that family are those people who feel obliged to take you in when nobody else will. In this case, Irene has taken in her brother Teddy (Christine Marie Brown and Brandon Ryan). Ryan opened the first act with about 45 seconds of acting without words that let’s us know he’s quirky. Irene enters the basement to strongly encourage her brother to find other lodgings. It doesn’t go smoothly.
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