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UNPLUGGED ELECTRIC GUITAR

Dramatic Theatre · BRONTOSAURUS HAIRCUT PRODUCTIONS · Ages 15+ · 130 mins · United States of America

World Premiere
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Review by BRIAN MAGID

June 14, 2026 certified reviewer

What I liked

Just a great cast. Really intimate moments with their performances, the mirrored structure of it makes you see what deliberate work they’re doing. The dialogue is often fragmentary and highly conversational, fly on the wall type stuff and without careful timing, rhythm, choreography and cohesion it could really devolve. But the performers and the director really walk the tightrope and commit to the material.

What I didn't like

I wish they had a bigger budget in truth!!! And perhaps if we got to hear them really play the guitar instead of the loop on the soundtrack that might’ve been nice. These are limitations outside of the production’s control. Idk they won’t let me leave this box blank

My overall impression

Daring piece of theater. The playwright asks all the questions that we (those who seek our joy, our kicks, and our living pursuing dreams) try to avoid. It really is so easy to not do the thing you love! And so easy to forget why you love it. And you haven’t had some kind of great success yet, what does that say about you? About whether you should do it or not? And as you age and accrue responsibilities and baggage and perspective and people to which you are accountable besides yourself, you really have to ask yourself these things with a deeper kind of probing. Here is a play that does that for us, in the way only theatrical drama can.

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