At the wire, photo finish…
Remember this post, a few days ago? Sure you do…the big question on everyone’s lips was, to break or not to break. Should our 90(ish) minute evening of short play excerpts, Working It Out, have an intermission midway through or not. It was carefully designed to be one continuous, fluid evening straight through—though that was when we’d hoped it would run closer to 80 minutes. There is certainly no obvious place to break what is essentially three plays, bookended with scenes from one of the three; especially when the centerpiece of the production—Rick Cleveland’s dark hitman comedy Jerry and Tom—is itself made up of a somewhat kaleidescoping series of short scenes. But, we gave it the ol’ college try nonetheless. Result? I’d have to say a resounding, floppy thud. No go. So, back they were to do it tonight in seamless and uninterrupted glory. Goodness. And since none of you silent lurkers (we know you’re out there; some of you have even fessed up) weighed in, you didn’t get to vote. And you’ll never know what you missed.
-ghw
