Tragic Tale dished up with large Helpings of Comedy

Based on the real story of a chimpanzee named Travis, who was raised as a human, and had worked in Hollywood as an “actor,” the play Trevor, by Nick Jones, is a semi-fictionalized recounting of the last days of his life. Although Trevor is billed as a comedy, ultimately it is a tragedy, revealing profound truths about the selfish nature of narcissistic pet owners, as well as their parental counterparts. In spite of the tragic ending, the play is uproariously funny due to the witty script, ludicrous situation and the incredible comedic genius of Brandon Ryan, the star, who plays the adolescening champ, with all the frenetic energy of Robin Williams at his looniest.

  “In a dining room, not so far from where we are sitting now…” is the setting for MAP Theatre’s twistedly funny and irreverent tour de force, “The Feast,” by Celine Song. Director Aimée Bruneau, with a well-synched foursome of actors, has turned a challenging script into a close-up funhouse of horrors in which story, […]

How to Build Bombs and Influence People

Is actually the subtitle of the play Soft Click of a Switch; however, that title is somewhat misleading. Although building and detonating bombs does come into it, the play is actually about how alienated ineffectual males turn to violent destruction to regain a sense of purpose, albeit skewered, and feel that they have a place in the world.