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Love/Sick 

Written by: John Cariani

"Each scene has surprises and each convinces. This gang of friends presents these nuggets clearly and convincingly, using a minimum of props in the great central space of the Museum of Human Achievement. They're all of an age to be keenly exposed to the sweet dangers of which Cariani is cautioning us, and it's evident that they're having a very good time living and delivering his whimsical messages." - Michael Meigs (CTX Live Theatre) https://ctxlivetheatre.com/reviews/review-lovesick-by-diane-irwin/

Pool (No Water)

Written by: Mark Ravenhill

"Irwin's fluid direction keeps the actors moving and swirling about the stage without ever definitively dividing any of them from the group consciousness. Brittany Flurry steps forth from that swirl whenever the unnamed successful former member is portrayed or interacts with her visitors; the scene dissolves then and Flurry steps back into her partite membership in the group. If memory serves, we never learn any of their names. The cast -- the chorus -- becomes envy and frustration incarnate, a micro-representation of Ravenhill's grim view of the general run of mankind. Pool (No Water) is as chilling and intimidating as a straight razor. The band constituted of Marci Blackwell, Eric Meo, Brittany Flurry, Ashley Thurow, and Samuel Owens (as seen above) alienates us as a group even as the individual actors come across as vivid and dedicated, etching their faces, figures and presences in our minds. Playwright Ravenhill wants to make them losers for us. I'd never want to be the object of their enmity, but I found myself wishing before the sixty-minute performance was done that I too could experience the intimacy and conviction of that shared world of theirs." - Michael Meigs (CTX Live Theatre)

https://ctxlivetheatre.com/reviews/20170404-review-pool-no-water-by-ensemble-mercury/ 

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