THE CONDUCT OF LIFE

This is a fantastic play, it asks many questions about so many things. Fast paced and intense. The acting is incredible. Amazing use of the stage with a minimal set. Get a ticket for the last performance as you should really see this. Enjoy... full review

This play is intense to say the least. Stellar performances especially from Robert Homer Mollohan as Orlando. I highly recommend it. ... full review

The most intense show I have seen at the Fringe. The cast is incredible and some of these performances and characters, I just cannot shake - incredible! Its standing room only, but if you can get into to see one play at the Fringe you should see The Conduct of Life, it will stick with you.... full review

What I most enjoyed about this piece was Karina Wolfe's on stage presence and ability to tell story with her physicality and restrain. She is captivating.... full review

DARK SUBJECT MATTER LEAVES US IN THE DARK Inspired by Theater of the Absurd, Cuban expatriate María Irene Fornés (b. 1930) cut her teeth during the Off-Off-Broadway avant-garde movement. She may have nine Obie Awards to her credit, but this feminist playwright’s deliberately dark and opaque style willfully obfuscates her narrative, which keeps the meaning in her scripts, often rife with unpleasant, complex characters and murderous violence, ambiguous at best. Since many of her one-acts are short—and perhaps due to the in-your-face off-putting situations—you are more likely to see her work at Fringe Festivals than in regional theaters. A textbook example of Fornés’ fascinating but ultimately alienating work resides in her 1985 The Condu... full review

I respect so much what y'all are doing - pushing boundaries through compelling storytelling and a cast of fantastic actors, especially the two leads. The storytelling is visceral like all of your shows. Its felt in the gut. Can't wait to see what you all do next. Bravo.... full review

The Conduct of Life by Maria Irene Fornes. Review by Mayank Keshaviah. ***This review first appeared on www.stageraw.com*** http://stageraw.com/2014/06/11/conduct-of-life-thistle-and-weeds/ In an unidentified country, ambitious military officer Orlando (Robert Homer Mollohan) wants to “achieve maximum power.” His sensitive wife Leticia (Karina Wolfe) wants to “be a woman who speaks in a group and have everybody listen.” But she won’t stand up to him, even once she becomes aware of Nena (Emily Yetter), the young girl that Orlando keeps and rapes in the basement. Orlando’s colleague Alejo (Jeremy Mascia) impotently wonders if “anybody can change anything.” He, too, fails to speak up against the torture he and Orlando perpetrate against th... full review

This is a fascinating, unflinching examination of violence and its victims. Beautifully staged, well acted, and well paced toward an explosive conclusion, TCOL is an important show that will generate a lot of reflection and good conversation afterwards! Loved it. ... full review

Absolutely riveting depiction of brutality, dehumanization and what happens when we stop being able to truly love. A quality production from top to bottom. Doesn't pull any punches, not should they. This is powerful stuff, and you should try to see it if this worthy production extends. ... full review

The LA based theatre company, The Vagrancy, known for its socially relevant work, is the daring force behind this powerful rendering of The Conduct Of Life, the Obie-winning play by the celebrated Cuban-American playwright Maria Irene Fornes whose work often focuses on poverty and feminism. The Conduct Of Life explores the dark side of human interaction in an unspecified Latin American police state where sexuality meets violence, the personal meets the political and the wife meets the mistress. Actually, the long-suffering tortured wife meets her husband's raped and beaten prisoner. Everybody serves somebody in this chilling world, which bears too striking a resemblance to what lurks beneath our own, thanks to director Sabina Ptasznik’s lase... full review