Theatre
on the Edge: Woodstock Fringe 2007 Festival of Theatre and Song
By Jay Blotcher
An
opening bene€t party will be held on Sunday, August 5, featuring
an encore performance of Incognito, a personal exploration of identity
by Chicago actor Michael Sidney Fosberg, who explains how he located
his biological father and the ensuing revelations that question
notions of race, ethnicity and personal personae.
Backwards
is a mind—and time—bending drama by Alice Austen in
which four strangers on a train are linked by the cruel fate of
unforeseen tragedy. Played in reverse like Harold Pinter’s
Betrayal, Backwards delves into the vagaries of human behavior and
our gift for self-sabotage, as well as the metaphysics of chance.
It stars Noni Connor, Vicky Devany, Michael Fosberg and Steve Jones,
and is directed by Nicola Sheara. (8 perfs. Aug 9-19.)
Almost Obscene is a one-man show written and performed by provocateur
Joe Raiola, whose bona €des as a troublemaker are borne out by his
day job as a senior editor at Mad magazine. The current madness
of the Bush administration—war, global warming, the Religious
Right—provides Raiola with a bounty of material and he picks
shamelessly from the ripest fruit. While his tart observations are
nothing new for any dyed-in-the-wool liberal, it’s always
comforting to hear your deepest beliefs reaf€rmed from the stage.
This performance should be required viewing for right-wingers who
have yet to renounce their ways. (3 perfs. Aug 17-26.)
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