Durang's characters as so off the wall and larger than life, the direction of these plays has to match the craziness of the stories with a cast that can handle the absurdity of it all. And Kristin Towers-Rowles understands that and keeps the action as hectic as the thoughts going through the characters' minds while the actors enjoy chewing the scenery!
This is especially true during "The Actor's Nightmare" when an understudy for Edwin Booth is called upon to take on his role at the last minute without any rehearsal - and he has no idea what play is being done nor his lines nor the blocking. In fact, perhaps he isn't even an actor since he keeps going to sit in the audience to bemoan what is happening to him.
This one of the four ha...
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