Last night we saw three Harolds performed by a relatively new team, a team of more veteran players mixed with newer ones, and a solid veteran team.
Rattlesnake H.S. - these guys did an interesting opening in the vein of a party conversations/shifting focus scene, but it seemed to be to large and unwieldly for them. I applaud them for working on it though. Throughout the show there were problems talking over each other, and it often felt like they were skipping the information at hand to get to something "better". Not a bad start though...
Johnny Roast Beef - Again, an interesting opening and a very cool transformational take on the games. Both were basically a personal twist on the object invocation. Unfortunately, that didn't necessarily translate into solid scenework.
Carl and The Passions - These guys, their confidence on stage, and their use of information clearly set them apart from their predecessors. It was a large team...10(?)...but they played unselfishly and did a great job giving focus in group scenes. Again, these guys had a very cool opening, and unlike the others, they nailed it. The scenes, except for maybe one or two that seemed to rely too much on caricature, were all excellent.
The tech person(s) missed calling the lights on the first two teams several times. You really felt for them, recognizing they had an ending, another one, another one...losing steam now...another one, and finally LIGHTS. Never take a good tech improviser for granted.
Then, we saw the fantastic duo of TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi. More on that after we run down to the theater to pick up some tickets.
TJ and Dave's show at 10:30pm Wednesday night was great. They did about an hour and 20 minutes of really interesting and entertaining work. The story involved a couple of teachers in love with special appearances by some of the students. It was definitely the best thing we saw Wednesday night.
The Bud Light was flat.
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