My life is LITERALLY flashing before my eyes. “Am I not worthy?” asks one character in a self-demeaning stance. “Where is her mother,” asks another in a constant refrain. “Why has she no mother?” Director and founder of Venus Theater, Deborah Randall sets the intriguing tone by having the characters in various positions whispering on stage while the audience is still entering the small storefront “shack,” getting familiar with the space and the simple multilayered set, designed by Randall. Even during the director’s brief opening lines of welcome, the whispering continues with increasing volume only to stop abruptly with a striking and sudden light cue focusing on the heavyweight champion of female characters, Lady Macbeth, played by Chemeeka Joi Bradley who intones “I did Not commit suicide,” and then proceeds to tell her story. It’s all quite impressive....In Randall’s capable hands, it’s a safe bet that hilarity will ensue, enough to warrant a Mapquest trip to the Play Shack in historic downtown Laurel. Stay tuned. dctheatrescene/2009/03/08/not-such-stuff/
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