HINTERLANDS :Season One
Subject: Quicktake - "Hinterlands" by Dan Milstein et al.
Date: Sun, May 14, 8:50 PM
Quicktake on HINTERLANDS
For this productions, Rough & Tumble has metamorphosed into "The Hinterlands Revue," a traveling variety troupe sometime in the late 1920s, wandering the byways of Pennsylvania, perhaps. Company veterans, Kristin Baker, Irene Daley, and George Saulnier III are joined by David Krinitt, Harry LaCoste, and two members of the Snappy Dance Co., Tim Gallagher and Bonnie Duncan. Bonnie has been the company's costumer for the past couple of years and continues in that capacity. Director Dan Milstein is largely responsible for the scenario and script, though one senses the usual company input. The show has a sense of melancholy as the troupe struggles to deal with various crises and changes, but also has a good deal of fun. The pace is leisurely but will probably pick up as they run. Fred Harrington's live contributions from the keyboard might hurry them along faster.
They've configured the Calderwood rehearsal hall differently this time, facing the three-quarter seating towards the entrances which are canvassed arcades like entering an old time circus. The acting area is three-quarter with vintage folding seating. Bring a pillow. Designer Jeremy Barrett has created a large false proscenium which rest against the balcony behind the acting area, serving as the entrance for a rolling wagon and various furniture units. There's juggling, dance, acrobatics, etc. as behooves such a show, but also some heartbreak. That's show-biz. Longtime Rough & Tumble fans will relate to this stage of the company's search for "theatre that doesn't suck."
"Hinterlands" by Dan Milstein et al., May 12 - 27
Rough & Tumble Theatre at Calderwood Rehearsal Studio
BCA, 527 Tremont, (617) 933 - 8600
Rough & Tumble
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