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| Ashley Bagwell behind Allie Pratt in Attack of the Killer Murder of ...Death (photo D Hastings) |
Attack of the Killer
Murder … of Death
Written by Wayne Rawley
Through August 16, 2014
There is a ton to
like about Theater Schmeater’s opening show in its spankin’ new space. Wayne Rawley’s Attack of the Killer Murder…of Death! is generally funny, though
not hysterical every moment. What it is, though, is a great opportunity to hear
spot-on dialogue from uniquely specific characters who break out of stereotype
to become their own special beings.
Every single member of
this large cast pulls his/her weight in solid, fully realized characters.
There is so much going on on this stage that it can be hard to focus on the
dialogue fully, and you do want to try to do that, because the dialogue is so
smart and well-crafted. Like in real life, though, the characters don’t just
stop and wait for others to speak; they are constantly interacting with each
other, sometimes in hysterical ways.
The basic plot is a bunch of people on an island making a
B-movie (or who knows how far down the alphabet you might go on this one). It’s
a horror movie, but there are horrors when filming stops. The power keeps going
out, props won’t work and then the leading diva does her death scene for the
movie…and doesn’t get up!