Echo Theater's Coco and Gigi by local playwright Isabella Russell-Ides could easily be subtitled Gogo and Didi. For thirty minutes, Gigi (Ellen Locy) and Cosmo (John Davies) sit on a park bench waiting, not for Godot, but for enlightenment. It never arrives.
This same scene is repeated on an adjacent park bench with virtually the same dialogue by two young, African-American actresses, Ashley Wilkerson as Gigi and Jeanette Scott as Cosima.
Davies is one of Dallas' most versatile actors, moving with ease from the blustering Oldest Living Graduate in a recent production at Contemporary Theater of Dallas to the bland Cosmo in Coco and Gigi. In the latter, he is the very essence of ennui.
Sitting through this existential clap-trap with one duo was bad enough, but twice was unforgivable.
Opened:
August 2, 2008
Ended:
August 9, 2008
Country:
USA
State:
Texas
City:
Dallas
Company/Producers:
Echo Theater as part of Festival of Independent Theaters (FIT)
Theater Type:
Regional Festival
Theater:
Bath House Cultural Center
Theater Address:
521 East Lawther Drive
Genre:
Drama
Director:
n/a
Review:
Cast:
Ellen Locy, John Davies, Ashley Wilkerson, Jeanette Scott
Critic:
Rita Faye Smith
Date Reviewed:
August 2008
