Dirty Messy Love

solo performance · the adventures of les kurkendaal · Ages 10+ · United States

family friendly one person show
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Review by TARA NITZ

June 08, 2014
IMPORTANT NOTE: We cannot certify this reviewer attended a performances of this show because no ticket was purchased through this website or the producer has not verified they attended.

My overall impression

Seeing a great story told by someone who has honed his craft and puts his soul into it, is the most personal art can be. Painter’s don’t always paint right before your eyes and you don’t watch a great novel being typed, so when you see Les lay out his life in front of you, it is a special gift to go through his stories with his humor and hindsight. Though the stories Les tells are too absurd to be fiction, there is no perfect family, so the cocktail of confusion, love and bitterness has a familiar flavor, but with a few more twists than you might expect. By the end, you’ll want to share a big pot of Seafood Gumbo with his real-life “characters” or thankfully call home to your own unique messy family.

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