Boneyard and Talisman

ensemble theatre · elephant theatre company · United States

world premiere
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Review by FRED KAPP

June 25, 2013
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My overall impression

Great pair of two short plays, one pre- and one post-apocalypse. The script by Tim McNeil manages to be disarmingly humorous in its depiction of some very macabre material. It begins with The Boneyard, which features a heartbreaking (and back-breaking) performance by Joseph Tomasini, with Kate Huffman playing his jittery junkie girlfriend, as he digs up a painful past. After an apocalyptic dance number, we go into Talisman, which sees Huffman in a very different role, one with a bit of a twist, playing opposite the playwright, in a (somewhat) civil negotiation for survival. These plays are an excellent and relevant piece of live theater, see this show!

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