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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Some
of you have heard a bit about my mind bender piece, Fables du Theatre…it’s
the play I got the Humanities grant for this spring. WELL IT”S UP –
and it’s as crazy as intended. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
need bodies in seat this week…so if you buy tickets on line and select “yucaipa”
in the “where did you hear about us” - you will get a ½ price ticket.
It will say $18 but you will only be charged $12. If you want to pay full
price ($18) please feel free.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NEW
REVIEW</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
<b>GO </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FABLES
DU THEATRE</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
The three tales in director Chris Covics' imaginative if occasionally
assaultive tour de force are just the top layer of an unpredictable theatrical
experience which veers between being jaw-dropping creativity and brattiness. At
the start of playwrights <b>Brenda Varda’s</b> trio of one acts, the
entire venue appears to be in a state of chaotic ruin – an actor is
laughing drunkenly and slobbering all over an audience member, while other cast
members, covered in blood, emerge from behind the stage curtain. The ensemble,
finally wrangled like cats into their proper places, perform the vignettes: In
"The Stage Coffeehouse," a coffeehouse owner (Ramiq Sayer,
flamboyantly channeling The Nutracker's Drosselmyer) oversees the ill-fated
romance between two of his patrons. In "Xeera's Night," a succubus (a
splendidly sultry Tulie Bouquess) genuinely falls in love with her victim, with
horrific results. The play's delicate text is frequently interrupted by
mishaps: Fired performers storm the stage, and a rumpled, hirsute critic (not from
this paper, thankfully) repeatedly bawls out the cast from his seat. Covics'
production shifts in tone from scene to scene – one moment, a genuine
homage to French-lite sentiment, as in "The Little Prince"; the next,
a playful spoof of theatrical pretentiousness. The result's an unpredictable
show that doesn't just blow out the fourth wall, but hits the fifth and sixth
walls as well. (PB) Unknown Theater, 1110 N. Seward St., Hlywd.; Thurs.-Sat., 8
p.m.; Sun., 6 p.m.; thru Sept. 27. (323) 466-7781. An Unknown Theater and
Immanence Theatre Artists Co-Production.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’m
happy - would love to see you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BV</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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