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Teddy, played by Jason Macy, center, =
interrupts=20
breakfast for Clarisse, played by Micha Marie Stevens, and Richard, =
played by=20
Peter L. Coates, as he enters the diner on the set of "When You Comin' =
Back, Red=20
Ryder?" on Monday evening during a dress rehearsal.
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Red Ryder?" Monday evening. |
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Amy Lisenbe/Nevada Appeal Jeremy =
Zutter, who=20
portrays Stephen in "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?" rehearses a =
scene=20
during a dress rehearsal Monday evening at the Brewery Arts=20
Center. |
Teddy, portrayed by Jason Macy, has an =
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Teddy, =
portrayed by=20
Jason Macy, has an intense discussion with girlfriend, Cheryl, =
played by=20
Jolene Perretta, during a scene in "When You Comin' Back, Red =
Ryder?" at a=20
dress rehearsal Monday =
evening. |
The Proscenium Players continue to go =
ahead turning=20
out interesting, offbeat shows regularly.
This week the Players will continue in =
that vein=20
with what may well be the most powerful play to hit Carson City in a few =
year.=20
"When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?" paints a strong picture of =
the move=20
from the complacent 1950s to America in turmoil in the =
'60s.
Director=20
Jeffrey Scott says he has wanted to do this thriller ever since he first =
saw it=20
in Portland, Maine, in 1973.
"It's part of a trilogy of plays -=20
'American Hero' and 'Lost in the Woods' - that examine the changes that =
the=20
Vietnam War brought to America."
It takes place in an all-night diner in a =
small town=20
where the night shift waiter Stephen Ryder, nicknamed Red after the =
radio hero,=20
(Jeremy Zutter) is waiting for the day shift waitress Angel (Michelle=20
Calhoun-Fitts) to show up. She does and they trade barbs and comments in =
a scene=20
that could drag but flows beautifully. Angel is everyone's remembered =
waitress,=20
Stephen everyone's remembered slacker. Calhoun-Fitts is a gem in this=20
scene.
Then Lyle (Patrick Hardy) drops in, followed by owner =
Clark=20
(Raymond J. Finnegan) and yuppies Peter L. Coatis and Micha Marie =
Stevens, she=20
with the violin case. All bumbles along nicely until Teddy (Jason Macy) =
and=20
Cheryl (Jolene Perretta), flower children with a busted VW wagon in need =
of=20
parts and loaded with drugs, lurch in.
Teddy is a Vietnam vet and =
angry=20
with a world he left in the Asian jungles. She's a pretty love toy for=20
him.
Here is where the story becomes bitter and ugly. Teddy =
taunts the=20
others in the diner, forcing them with a gun to make revealing comments =
about=20
themselves. He is a walking land mine.
That's the bare bones; no need to spell =
out what=20
happens next. Just be aware that it is not pretty - but is as powerful =
as=20
theater becomes. Having to live with what they revealed is an =
existential=20
dilemma for the victims.
This is a play that leaves one=20
pondering.
Those familiar with the Brewery Black Box Theater will =
be=20
surprised by the set; it is deep, right back into storage spaces. =
There's even a=20
juke box that spews out tunes of the late '60s. There are tables and =
booths and=20
a smell of bacon in the air. All very realistic but with a slightly =
askew feel.=20
It's the tilt that the title refers to: =
When are you=20
heroes coming back to us?
The play is written by Mark Medoff. =
Scott had=20
help putting the show together from Tom Strekal, assistant director; =
Carol Scott=20
and Pat Josten, producers; Lisa Bommarito, costumes; David Calhoun, =
scenic=20
effects.
The Players continue to go for the difficult, largely =
avoiding=20
the safe and easy. It's plays like this that make one aware that all =
theater=20
isn't fast-cut, flash movies as of late, that there's a place for the =
deeper,=20
more meaningful moments as well.
So see "Red Ryder," make your =
own mind=20
up, and if afterwards on opening night when the Players serve finger =
food and=20
wine, join them and ask questions.
I will.
IF YOU =
GO
WHAT: Drama=20
by Mark Medoff, "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?"
WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday night and =
Feb.=20
22-23, 29 and March 1
WHERE: The Brewery Arts Center's Donald W. =
Reynolds=20
Theater, 449 W. King St.
TICKETS: $12 general admission; $10 for =
Players=20
and BAC members, seniors and students, call 883-1976.
NOTE: Due =
to the=20
violent nature of the play and the language, this is an adult show.=20
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