Opened:
February 27, 2011
Ended:
April 3, 2011
Country:
USA
State:
Kentucky
City:
Louisville
Company/Producers:
Actors Theater of Louisville
Theater Type:
Regional
Theater:
Actors Theater of Louisville
Theater Address:
316 West Main Street
Phone:
502-584-1205
Website:
actorstheatre.org
Running Time:
2 hrs, 15 min
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Steve Cosson
Review:
It was a chore to sit through Anne Washburn's murky A Devil at Noon, directed by Steve Cosson of The Civilians. Apparently, some of its Kafka-like episodes involving unexplained and vaguely threatening incidents would make some sort of sense if one were familiar with the science-fiction writings of Philip K. Dick.
The play seems to be taking place in shifting dimensions around an ominous corporation where fictional characters might actually be real. And all those hand movements the actors mimed for making coffee (and who knows what else?) slowed down the show and were most annoying.
Cast:
Joseph Adams (Chet Ellis), Ross Bickell (Bob Seward/Moon Man), Rebecca Hart (Lois L.), Brandon T. Miller (Tom/Don Larkin), David Ross (Dennis/Philip Hutchens, Matthew Stadelmann (Colin McAdams/ Colin McAdams/Phone guy)
Critic:
Charles Whaley
Date Reviewed:
April 2011