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Theatre Fri Jun 20 2008
Another Local Play Makes Good
Watch out Steppenwolf, here comes Theater Oobleck. Yes, The Strangerer is heading to New York this summer, to debut at the off-Broadway Barrow Street Theatre on July 9. The show, which ran last year at venues like Links Hall (where I saw it), currently has an extended run at the Chopin Theatre (Thu, Fri, Sat at 8pm; Sun 3pm) until June 29.
The play takes a stab at the strangely void and inexplicable psyche of Mr. George W. Centered on a surreal Bush/ Kerry debate in 2004, it's revealed that Bush is the type of man that kills without purpose or knowledge. If you’ve read The Stranger by Albert Camus (apparently Bush did summer of '06) you’ll understand playwright Mickle Maher’s attempt to draw parallels between the President and the main protagonist in the book, a man who commits a senseless murder and is incapable of showing remorse. If you haven’t read the book, you’ll still have plenty to sink your teeth into. Original cast members Maher, Guy Massey, Colm O’Reilly, and Brian Shaw star in the local show as well as the one that's hitching a ride to the Big Apple next month. Go see it here before it's gone.