by Karen Tortora-Lee on April 1, 2011
I had seen Rabbit Hole Ensemble’s The Tragic Story of Doctor Frankenstein (written by Stanton Wood and directed by Edward Elefterion) just a few short months ago and was so deeply impressed with the way it was presented that I was eagerly anticipating the second of the series Doctor Frankenstein’s Magical Creature. Another joint venture between Wood and Elefterion, Magical Creature tells both the same tale as Tragic Story as well as a completely different one; in a Rashomon type undertaking it retells the events from the perspective of the creature. Fear not – while you’ll recognize the bones of the original story (if you saw it) you most certainly are in for an entertaining evening as you watch the events unfold from the other side.
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on November 8, 2010
There is a very good reason why some stories are told under the cover of darkness – hidden from the world and everything that takes place during the mundane trivialities of the day. Because some stories aren’t meant for the daylight. Only a blanket of blackest night will give some words that extra visceral thrill, only the the anonymity of the night can help create that tension that starts racing along every nerve ending – only darkness will give some stories the ability to make your heart race . . . will draw your lips together – will make you believe that the words are true.
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by Karen Tortora-Lee on May 28, 2010
How you feel about Before Your Very Eyes (Written and Directed by Edward Elefterion) depends very much upon the person you are, what you believe about the events of 9/11, and whether or not you are a person who trusts what they see and takes it for truth, or if you are a person who needs evidence to support everything before you’ll believe it.
Before Your Very Eyes starts off as a piece about raw emotion – but quickly becomes a piece about something quite different. For the rest of the play it vacillates between moments of poetic beauty and moments of uncompromising activism.
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