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| Toni Kallen, Scott Hyder, Josh Kontak, and Emily Mohney photo courtesy iTheatre Collaborative |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"In order for a satirical play to truly work it needs to skewer the subject it's mocking while presenting characters we can identify with and deriving laughs. Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play attempts to be a keen satirical look at how white people traditionally view Thanksgiving, and how incorrect that view is, compared to the actual facts of the holiday, but her characters aren't fully developed, and the laughs are few and far between. iTheatre Collaborative's production has four talented actors who are willfully game to take on the topics at hand; it's just too bad that the play attempts to poke fun at too many subjects which takes the focus away from where it should be...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
Click here for more information on this production that runs through November 20
"In order for a satirical play to truly work it needs to skewer the subject it's mocking while presenting characters we can identify with and deriving laughs. Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play attempts to be a keen satirical look at how white people traditionally view Thanksgiving, and how incorrect that view is, compared to the actual facts of the holiday, but her characters aren't fully developed, and the laughs are few and far between. iTheatre Collaborative's production has four talented actors who are willfully game to take on the topics at hand; it's just too bad that the play attempts to poke fun at too many subjects which takes the focus away from where it should be...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
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