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Arts & Entertainment:
Firebelly Ends Season
With Surreal Tale of Forgotten Identity
A man and a woman -
maybe they're a couple, maybe not - wake up in a strange vacation house, not
knowing who they are, where they are or what their relationship to each other
might be.
Sunday, June 29, 2008 10:00 AM EDT
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A man
and a woman - maybe they're a couple, maybe not - wake up in a strange vacation
house, not knowing who they are, where they are or what their relationship to
each other might be.
Then a quirky and slightly creepy young woman, who may or may not be their
daughter, starts spinning stories about their past. Are they murderers? Victims
of foul play? Part of a diabolical experiment?
Firebelly Productions wraps up its 2007-08 season with “A Body of Water,” which
follows the couple as they try to figure out what is going on, combining both
drama and humor in the process.
The show will please those who enjoy taking a ride without caring much about the
destination, as the two-act production raises as many questions as it answers.
John Collins and Patricia Foreman, who starred together in Firebelly's
production of “A Long Day's Journey Into Night” earlier in the season, here are
cast as Moss and Avis, the (maybe) husband and wife duo that can remember only
flashes of their separate pasts.
Tori Miller plays Wren, the slightly surreal daughter (again, maybe, maybe not)
who apparently has to explain everything to the couple again and again as each
new day dawns.
The script, by Lee Blessing, needs some tightening up and might well work better
as a somewhat condensed single-act show. Director Michael Ryan Fernandez does
keep the pacing moving, and the three actors manage to imbue their characters
with nuances.
As noted above, those who like to amble through theater, without expecting a
tidy little package at the end, will find this one interesting. A solid end to
the season.
“A Body of Water” runs through July 20 at Theatre-on-the-Run, 3700 South Four
Mile Run Drive in Arlington. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8
p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. There will be a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, July 19.
For information, see the Web site at
www.firebellyproductions.net.
