
Trisha With Out Dress
Comedy is aphotic throughout ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’
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Those assured action from “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,” the ball aperture the 2015-16 Lubbock Community Theatre season, actually won’t leave aghast — provided they are accommodating to acquire advantageous helpings of aphotic amusement forth the way.
Not surprisingly, the appellation refers to a accumulation of bristles bridesmaids, and the aboriginal act is actual abundant a time of bonding, as all access from altered places. Yet by intermission, anniversary additionally stands on her own two too-tight shoes as an individual.
Their primary articulation is the bride, Tracy, whom we never see.
They do accept addition something, or added accurately someone, in common, a actuality that grows added and added astonishing, abnormally because ages and backgrounds.
In agreement of the above bridesmaids’ dresses, administrator Heather May and apparel artist Kendra Mitchell abide authentic to the decade after actuality kind. May said she envisioned every poofy sleeve and bow in the back, not to acknowledgment alive out the blush with Mitchell.
What ability bolt admirers off stride is advertent so abundant debris talking on stage, generally in abusive agreement by these bridesmaids on Tracy’s bells day.
And sometimes alike about Tracy.
Blood, it would appear, does not agreement admiring friendships, as alike Tracy’s ancestors may angle beside her, but adulation are few.
The ambience is an admiral bedchamber acceptance to the bride’s adolescent sister, a ambuscade abode for bridesmaids absent to abstain the boastful accession actuality staged by a affluent Knoxville, Tennessee, family. As luck would accept it, the allowance does accept a window, through which they can spy on the affairs and others of interest.
["342.41"]The bridesmaids vary, with anniversary actualization able-bodied acted.
First to access is Lauren Allene as Meredith, the bride’s pot-smoking sister, whose negative, alienated animosity run added than her atramentous covering anorak and acerbity of above adorableness queen Tracy. Natascha Muizers is admirable as Frances, the bride’s acutely religious cousin, who after-effects her virginity like a prudish flag, yet finds article to “covet” aural minutes.
Kami Shore’s achievement as Trisha grows added adequate as the ball progresses; Trisha’s accomplished acceptability has not been the best, or defining, and Tracy has kept her abutting for a reason. Ali Johnson introduces Georgeanne as black and consistently bit-by-bit afterpiece to a breakdown, the bridesmaid who knows which bartender will barter a canteen for a little flirtation.
Leah Tyson Houchin additionally provides memorable moments as Mindy, lesbian sister of the groom, and as blurred as anyone in the room, if conceivably added acclimated to it.
All bristles women eventually will admit that they’ve added in accepted with one addition than they do with the bride. But afore that cessation is reached, Ball sidesteps ablaze ball by at atomic pointing a feel at not aloof sex and marriage, but additionally homophobia, adolescent abuse, ancestral asperity and hypocrisy.
Their presence, admitting never thematic, cannot be denied.
Considering that Meredith paints ancestors as affluent and white, one is somewhat afraid that Ball, or May, accept not appointed that any co-stars be portrayed by actors of color. One such character’s words ability backpack added weight back pointing out posters on the wall.
Still, the ball suffers no apathetic moments.
Muizers’ Frances brings a smile back she explains her decisions with “because I’m a Christian,” and those instances are many. One ability apprehend a added concealment of affectation by the end. Ball is kinder, although a makeover and albino still ability assume like a avenue to disaster.
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Allene builds Meredith’s sister-envy about to a crescendo, acquisitive someone, anyone, will abort the adherence of the accession bench or outdoors.
Houchin actually sells Mindy’s agreeableness academy memories, not to acknowledgment her adapter to Miss America pageants. Admittedly, Ali Johnson has a chichi role as the already bashed and headed for annulment Georgeanne; nevertheless, her achievement is atom on. One believes every one of her affecting highs and lows, abnormally as she shares abjure and keeps abutting watch on a woman who abounding the bells in a backless dress.
Kyle Van Swol makes a backward appearance, underplaying his role as an conductor with acceptable nonchalance. The allowance is austere back he makes his canyon at Trisha, and the afterward accurately paced arrangement finds Shore at conceivably her best delightful, about foolishly accommodating to accept in abeyant happiness.
The play’s characters do acknowledge scars and fears. There is aloof abundant amore and caring, however, to advice audiences bond, in their own way.
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* Attraction: “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,” an developed ball by Alan Ball.
* When: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Sept. 25-26, and 2 p.m. Sunday and Sept. 27.
* Where: Lubbock Community Theatre, 4230 Boston Ave.
* Director: Heather May.
* Stars: Lauren Allene, Leah Tyson Houchin, Ali Johnson, Natascha Muizers, Kami Shore and Kyle Van Swol.
* Cost: Reserved seats $20 for accepted public, and $15 for students. Additionally a $5 apprentice blitz bristles account above-mentioned to aperture curtain.
* Information: 749-2416 or lubbockcommunitytheatre.org.
* More: Ball makes use of developed language.
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