![]() ![]() Cory Wheat’s sound design adds the perfect amount of chaos to an already hectic show.įunny, engaging and exhausting for both actor and audience, Oldcastle’s production focuses on personal connections, and is enjoyable and relatable whether or not you have ever worked in a restaurant. PETERBOROUGH Kraig Swartz is about to mount his 10th performance of Fully Committed, a one-man play in which he plays close to 40 characters. Jasper maneuvers her actor around the entire set, making sure the set itself - designed in functional disorganization by Richard Howe - receives a constant and subtle (yet powerfully metaphorical) change at the end of the play, in similar fashion to Sam. ![]() Ash Mercia is an actor, improviser, writer, and director. Deep in the bowels of one of Manhattan’s hottest dining temples (once known as restaurants) lies the grubby workspace of the reservation office. Raylan tries to find out who tried to kill him, but the investigation leads to an unlikely source. A Broadway hit comedy, FULLY COMMITTED is a scathing poke at foodie culture. With Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts. This is the first time I have seen Sam played by a woman, a choice made by director Jennifer Jasper because “the multi-tasking and empathy needed are what many women excel at in the workplace.” The gender swap also adds an interesting and thought-provoking power-struggle factor into a few of Sam’s relationships, especially the one she has with her boss, the chef. Full Commitment: Directed by Peter Werner. She is almost never still or silent, moving the play’s action quickly and easily. Boate takes on the roles of nearly 40 characters, creating voices, facial expressions and physical mannerisms for all of them that are unique enough that there is never even the slightest confusion about who is saying what. Follow the chaotic day in the life of Sam, an out-of-work actor who mans the frenzied reservation line at Manhattan’s hottest restaurant. Coercion, threats, bribes, histrionicsa cast of desperate callers will stop at nothing in their zeal to land a prime reservation or the right tabl. Oldcastle Theatre Company’s current offering is “Fully Committed,” a one-person show written by Becky Mode revolving around struggling actor Sam, played by Allyson Boate, and set during a rather frantic shift at Sam’s day job of making reservations at an upscale restaurant. Bribes, intimidation, histrionics the best food always incites the worst behavior. This devastatingly funny show follows a day in the life of Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s number-one restaurant. ![]()
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