Press & Reviews
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NIGHTS OF NOIR“In a theater scene dominated by Iraq and dysfunctional families, this refreshingly light-hearted little satire skips along, dropping puns and breaking into song and dance like movies in its decade of choice, the 1940s…The playlets follow long, lean and handsome private eye Bolt (Scott Gerard), as he tries to find, in Play One, a missing painting and, in Play Two, a missing girl. Wilson has a flair for the fun in this kind of material, as when Bolt plots to drag the truth out of Vivian the vamp (Elizabeth V. Newman) ‘kiss by kiss.’…Newman’s mellow voice gives her character a Lauren Bacall edge.”
- Laura Hitchcock, www.curtainup.com |
“Lending a perfect air of deadpan drollery and lady-killing seductiveness as Bolt, Scott Gerard is a master farceur…with his sleepy-eyed glare, laid-back speech cadences, and the ability to maintain a straight face, Gerard serves as a welcome anchor.
Among other standouts in the adept ensemble are Eric Charles Jorgenson as a wooden-legged German eccentric named Albee Monkeysuncle, Drew Droege as a klutzy thug called Thin Guy, Elizabeth V. Newman as a sultry femme fatale and Rachel Kanouse as the quintessential embodiment of a B-movie wronged dame…Among the evenings highlights are a shoehorned-in musical-comedy sequence and a priceless gag when a character ‘slips a mickey’ into a drink.” – Les Spindle, Backstage “In this pair of one-acts, writer-director Kasey Wilson parodies 1940s film noir by introducing private eye Bolt (Scott Gerard). It adds up to an evening of fun and laughs! And for an added bit of spice, Wilson (aka Honey Ima Home), does a smoking hot burlesque routine between acts.” – LA Weekly |