Review Highlights: THE GIN GAME - Order Chaos Theater Company

T. A. Burrows and Barbara McBain
Photo by Todd Sandberg

highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)

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"...Order Chaos Theater Company's solid production features two well-known local actors, Barbara McBain and T. A. Burrows, who are both exceptional as the two strangers who meet over a game of gin in a senior citizen nursing home....While The Gin Game may not be a truly compelling drama, it is an interesting character study and a fantastic play for two senior actors....Coburn beautifully depicts the sad reality of many senior citizens in the United States who find themselves on welfare, alone, and living in a small room in a facility with strangers. He also doesn't feel the need to tie everything up with a big, happy bow at the end, and while that may be a disappointment to those expecting a happy ending it also keeps things steeped in reality. Under Mark-Alan C. Clemente's sure-footed direction, Barbara McBain and T.A. Burrows shine as this feisty and argumentative duo who form a tenuous relationship over a card table. They are adept at delivering the heavy dramatic moments the script requires as well as the poignant or humorous ones with portrayals that are natural, moving, and even quite heartbreaking at times."  - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)