No Boundarys Breaks Walls
June 14, 2012By Mary Mallory on June 14th, 2012 Reprinted from The Tolucan Times
No Boundarys breaks conventions and reveals intimacies while looking at the jumbled map of life on a relaxed camping trip. The show features a fine performance from Noel Olken, along with humorous and touching insights discovered along the way.
No Boundarys shows Olken and his unseen friend Bill H. as they hike into camping facilities at Boundary Waters inNorthern Minnesota. They spend a couple of days shooting the breeze, drinking, and smoking a little weed as they bond over humorous stories. Olken drops pretensions and shares widely on his life, attempting to come to terms with his father’s death. Will the trip enable him to find peace and possible direction with how his life should proceed?
Olken employs no sets, but ably uses a tent and other camping gear to establish location.
Even with minimal movement, directors Olken and Jeff Gardner keep energy levels high with Olken’s flowing an...
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No Boundarys is about life, death and camping. Mostly life, some death, and a lot of camping. It’s a one-person show about two guys on a canoe trip to the beautiful Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota, where it’s so quiet and peaceful, even a small plane seems out of place. After a long day canoeing and portaging, there’s nothing better than sitting by a fire under the stars, drinking scotch and telling stories of gamblers, drinkers, dreamers, bea...
