Otherwise Engaged
by Simon Gray In
this scathing dark comedy, a bright successful man isolates himself
from the daily hassles of family and friends with disastrous results
Directed
by Michael
Colucci & Malcolm Martinez
Jan. 26 - Feb. 25, 2007 Fri,
Sat
at 8pm,
Sun
at 3pm
Tickets:
$25, Students/Seniors $20
Simon Hench, a brilliant and successful
man, has become totally fed up with the mundane issues and problems of
family, friends, and associates. He zealously tries to insulate himself
by withdrawing ever inward, while maintaining a clever, buoyant passive
aggressiveness whenever his safe isolation is threatened. The more he
recedes from them, the more assiduously they try to reach him with
their issues. Reach him they do, right to his core as his world turns
ugly in the midst of a darkly funny and uniquely insightful play
regarding the rules of engagement with others, from spouse to strangers.
Cast: Brian
Dongarra; Lauren Goode; Dan McNamara; Jim Morley; Jim Poole; Laura
Shatkus; Bob Wilson
Staff/Crew: Michael
Colucci and Malcolm Martinez (Directors/Set Designers); Malcolm
Martinez (Stage Manager); John Kohn III (Lighting Design); Trudie
Kessler (Dialect Coach); Jan Ellen Graves (Marketing)
Simon Hench, a brilliant and successful
man, has become totally fed up with the mundane issues and problems of
family, friends, and associates. He zealously tries to insulate himself
by withdrawing ever inward, while maintaining a clever, buoyant passive
aggressiveness whenever his safe isolation is threatened. The more he
recedes from them, the more assiduously they try to reach him with
their issues. Reach him they do, right to his core as his world turns
ugly in the midst of a darkly funny and uniquely insightful play
regarding the rules of engagement with others, from spouse to strangers.