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Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking at Penumbra Theatre |
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To say that Abe and Henry have a complicated relationship is to put it mildly...They can't stand each other; and yet their need for each other is total. This mismatched dependency makes the play in equal measure frightening and reassuring – and great fun.
Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking at Penumbra Theatre
by John Olive
How Was The Show, April 29, 2010 |
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Fine script and performances keep Penumbra tale from getting old |
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These are two seasoned, intuitive and intelligent actors who both contribute performances that are almost entirely free of vanity or artifice.
Theater review: Fine script and performances keep Penumbra tale from getting old
by Quinton Skinner
Pioneer Press, May 3, 2010
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Resentment under the elms |
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Edwards' searching, often insightful play, which runs just over two hours, is Samuel Beckett meets "Beavis and Butt-Head." The work is a meditation on loneliness, mortality and mutual need.
Resentment under the elms
by Rohan Preston
Star Tribune, April 30, 2010
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Penumbra Examines Age vs. Wisdom |
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And for all its horsing around, the play eloquently describes aging and the human condition, the frightening yet marvelous reality that we're unlikely to get life before it gets us in the end.
Review: Penumbra Examines Age vs. Wisdom
by Tim Gihring
Minnesota Monthly, April 30, 2010
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