The play's producer, Open Fist Theatre Company, has recently been at its best staging large-cast, screwball '30s comedies with momentum and panache. Yet there was also a keen theatrical style in Joseph Fisher's intimate play about high school teachers and a student, A Wolf Inside the Fence, staged as part of last year's First Look festival.
Every play, young or old, needs to be staged with care, particularly with the arts perceived as a frivolity in the very profit-motivated environment Tucker Smith is addressing in Quake. A misfire production of Romeo and Juliet may annoy a few audiences, but it won't do lasting damage to the play's durability. That's the risk of a sloppily conceived rendition of an intriguing new play like Quake.
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6209 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Category: Community Venues
Region: Hollywood
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Having no idea of how this came to pass, it does appear odd, from an outsider's view, that the playwright, having co-directed this work, would seem so largely responsible for the malaise.
QUAKE | By D. Tucker Smith | Presented by Open Fist Theatre | 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hlywd. | Sat., Aug. 20, 2 p.m., Wed., Aug. 24, 8 p.m., Sat., Aug. 27, 8 p.m. | (323) 882-6912 | openfist.org.
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