Orsino (Stuart Mott) strides on the set, his bellowing maroon silken half tunic rippling at every incisive gesture he makes, urging his tender aged servant attendant Cesario to his presence. Espousing noble tenure, Orsino with much affection, whether smug, faintly sarcastic, or down right charmingly dorky, commands his boy to his slightest need. Cesario abides... Continue Reading →
Breaking Stables, Quasimondo Physical Theatre, Animal Farm
Dusk had yet hit and I'm on the edge of some suburban, southwesterly boundary of Milwaukee County. The clouds hold harmonies of country fields, drawn off key a bit by encroaching gated communities. Historic Trimborn Farm in Greenfield was platted there, and gave plot for Quasimondo Physical Theatre's physical and interpretive theater adaption of George Orwell's... Continue Reading →
Going Cosmic, The Quasimondo, Love & Cthulhu
Professor Whately (Kathryn Cesarz) notices a few people ambling down the long hallway leading to the humble Quasimondo Physical Theatre studio space. She points the way cordially before meeting the rest of the group touring Miskatonic University. Like most college kids we were a little eager, possible a bit anxious, going so deep into the... Continue Reading →
Soaring, Brewed Cafe, Jaems Murphy’s Vedic Eden
A lonesome voice brings everyone into his realm, they savor the feeling. His guitar sings the cryptic melodies of life's winding road. Everyone's route has its charms. Jaems Murphy quaintly celebrated the release of his most recent expulsion Mono No Aware, with a small ensemble of musicians and audiophiles at Brewed Cafe. Outside is cold... Continue Reading →
The Lathe Within, Alchemist Theatre, The Chairs
As the dialog in the theatrical duet The Chairs goes on, you begin to notice the Old Woman (Kelly Doherty) and the Old Man (Tim Linn<) nonchalantly bringing chairs from places all over the stage into the scene. Somehow 52 chairs have made it on stage by the closing scene. Who was this guy Eugene... Continue Reading →