Robert Bergin, Erik Gratton and Todd Jefferson Moore in Slaughterhouse-Five at Book-It Repertory Theatre (John Ulman) |
As we begin June, theatrical offerings that open this month
have little in common. That’s great, since no two experiences will be alike! A
couple of events are shorts fests, which proliferate as the weather gets
warmer, making our attention spans that much shorter. Remember, if you don’t
like one short, wait a few minutes and there will be another!
Sandbox One-Act Play
Festival or SOAPfest, June 3-7,
2015, at West of Lenin.
Three interesting plays by three veteran local theater
artists: Las Cruces, by Vincent
Delaney, transports us to the New Mexico desert, not far from casinos and the
spaceport, where Sheridan is camped out, hiding in a gutted trailer. Chosen Less, by Phillip Lienau,
reveals a chance meeting on the street where two men learn the hard way that
leaving is not the same as escaping. Why
Do We Keep Broken Things, by Carl Sander, where five inhabitants of Seattle
collide in a kinetic collage of civics, sex, and estranged friendship amidst Occupy
Seattle.