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Clubbed Thumb kicks off its annual Summerworks fest
ANGELA ASHMAN
Tuesday, June 5th 2007
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Full of snappy, clever dialogue and, at times, laugh-out-loud comedy, the play successfully bounces along from one subplot to the next. While Paul (whose naiveté is perfectly portrayed by Dennis Fox) dreams of what he'll do with his money (Bora Bora!), the con artist, Kiera, is busy suckering her nice unemployed brother, Louis, into playing the bad guy. Meanwhile, Paul's sexy Bosnian trophy wife Tatiana plots to steal a baby from the hospital where Louis's mannish, Budweiser-loving wife Janet (the talented Kelly McAndrew) works as a security guard.
Drew Barr capably directs the solid six-member cast on a set that moves smoothly between Paul's Restoration Hardware–esque kitchen and Louis's raggedy apartment, among a few other locations. Gajdusek, though, relishes subtlety too much in his storytelling, skimping on character motivation and leaving some pertinent details frustratingly unanswered. But it happily all pays off in a nerve-wracking conclusion where lovable Louis and Janet, the least greedy of the group, surprisingly wind up holding all the dough. Too bad real life is rarely so just.
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