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'The Worst Show In The Fringe' IndyTheatreHabit.com review
8/25/09
IndyTheatreHabit.com
by Hope Baugh
This piece about a frustrated actor who kidnaps a smug theatre critic
surprised me by being more thought-provoking than funny. Don’t get me wrong:
I laughed, but I also thought a lot about the ways that we all constantly
evaluate each other whether it takes the form of written criticism or not. I
also thought about the ways that we all crave some kind of recognition and
feedback from other people, at least part of the time. I also thought about
how the phrase, “I’m coming to see your show” (or “I read your blog”) fuels
one’s creative efforts even when one is exhausted or otherwise despairing.
I think that theatre people - both commentators and performers alike - are
the main audience for this piece, which was written by Joseph Scrimshaw and
directed by Rachel Simmons, but I loved that it went a little beyond being a
story about a Mean Critic (Nathaniel Kent, played by Ken Gist), a Wimpy
Actor (Thomas Wayne, played by Kevin Roach), and a Random Everyman that
doesn’t give a hoot about either the theatre or theatre reviewers (Biff,
played by Shaun Beal.)
I also enjoyed all of the local references. The critic, for example, writes
for the Indianapolis Business Journal.
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