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INVISIBLE LLC
presents
WARNING
SIGNS
Created and performed by Maggie Surovell
Costume design by Sarah Sophia Turner
A NEW
YORK MAGAZINE Top Pick from the Midtown
International Theater Festival of July 2006
An original,
coming-of-age story about a Jewish / Socialist /
Vegetarian / Feminist and her extremely big
hair. Growing up in a politically left-wing
household in Maplewood, NJ, wasn't always easy for
Maggie. With a left-wing father, feminist mother,
radical scrabble loving grandmother and an
insightful dog who happens to be her best friend,
Maggie is forced to face the painful realities of
unrequited love, bullies, death, racism, war,
vegetarian haters and her extremely big hair.
"Surovell's a solo
act in life and a one-of-a-kind on stage. When she
speaks, every moment is a surprise... This is not
just stand up ... Surovell addresses the issues --
desires, impulses, moments, and events that have
collectively shaped this woman who is an American.
Who is a citizen of the world." -- Kevin Connell,
nytheatre.com Maggie has
performed WARNING SIGNS at numerous venues
including: Cherry Lane Theatre's CHERRY PIT LATE NITE, Chashama, The Midtown International
Theatre Festival, Stage Left Studios, MadLab Theatre
Company, ATHICA, and Camp Kinderland.
The Sanford Meisner
Theatre
164 11th Ave (between 22nd and 23rd
Streets)
Friday April 4th
& Saturday April 5th @
10pm
Monday April 7th & Tuesday April 8th @ 8:30pm
Wednesday April
9th @ 7:30 PM
Cash Only @ The Door:
$18 General and $12 Students/Seniors/Starving
Artists
Reserve Tickets:
wsigns@gmail.com
DIRECTIONS: Subway:
C, E to 23rd Street; Bus: M23 to 23rd and 11th |
 Twist
--
The
New Hit Musical Drama
Los Angeles
Is Talking About!
 Brandon
Ruckdashel,
Chris Carlisle,
and the other boys
in the
Los Angeles
Production
at the Avery Schreiber Theater
 Dickens
scholars and workhouse tyrants have long appreciated
the masochistic element underlying the iconic
orphan's plaintive "Please, sir, I want some more."
But why settle for subtext? It's a question asked
and answered (repeatedly) in the tune-lashed saga of
Oliver, here transformed from underage boy into "an
attractive youth of indeterminate (but legal) age,"
convincingly portrayed by Brandon Ruckdashel.
 The
concept behind Twist is good, dirty, campy
fun. You get the feeling that someone got the idea
for it when noticing that Oliver Twists' famous
"Please sir, can I have some more?" sounds
suspiciously like something a masochist might say
during a beating session.... But the core - the sad
youth who says "It's what I know" - is never too far
from the surface of this Oliver. Brandon
Ruckdashel plays him (here called Twist)
with a simple earnest innocence. Even though the
sort of thing that makes his face light up with joy
isn't what most would call "innocent."
Ruckdashel's Twist is basically just
looking for a place where he can feel safe. And
putting that sort of heart into the piece, from
beginning to end, grounds the entire production.
 From
the poignant "Bound and Tied," sung beautifully by
Ruckdashel , to the Artful Dodger's
infectious "Sucker" ("fill up my mouth and I'll be a
sucker for you"), to the rousing Act 1 finale "You
Can't Choose Your Family," this is one of the best
original scores I've heard in a long time. (There's
also the Abba-esque "Clothing Makes the Man" and the
touching "Reflection," a gorgeous love song for
Twist and Dodger, among other winners.)
Director Storiale spent several months casting
Twist, and it shows in the musical theater talent he
has assembled. The title role was the hardest to
fill until, at the end of several months of
searching, Ruckdashel arrived from
New York and
blew the competition away. Looking and singing like
an angel (with a naughty gleam in his eye),
Ruckdashel is, as they say, "a find."
Contact: Barney
Oldfield Management
New York: 143 E 97 Street Ste 3W,
New York, NY 10029 --
212-410-9404
Los Angeles:
6404 Wilshire Blvd Ste 105-1901, Los Angeles, CA
90048 -- 213-840-6224,
Fax
213-477-2004
barney@barneyoldfield.com |
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