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Put Out: An Adulterated Farce
The show is a four-person slapstick comedy (about the consequences of marital infidelity) called "Put Out: An Adulterated Farce." STC favorite Jessica Goldman will be directing Kelley Ogden, co-founder of KOLT Run Productions, the thought-provoking local gem of a theater company and a regular participant with various Capital Stage offerings; Kellie Yvonne Raines, who broke back onto the Sacramento theater scene with "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" three years ago and has been working steadily ever since; Blair Leatherwood, who's been on just about every stage within a two-hundred mile radius, including appearing in STC's "A Christmas Carol"; and p joshua laskey, the playwright and actor, who will be proudly world-premiering his 13th play in Sacramento.
Here's a review of the show:
By Kel Munger
kelm@newsreview.com
Love, lust and lady-wrasslin'
Put Out: An Adulterated Farce
This article was published on 12.08.11.
It's a little harder to get some funny on than you might think, which makes Put Out: An Adulterated Farce such a delight. Coming in a roughly 90 minutes, the original play by P. Joshua Laskey is also the debut of Sacramento's newest stage company, Theater Galatea, Laskey's collaboration with his wifeJessica Goldmanwho directs this piece.
Laskey was a member of the fondly-recalled Beyond the Proscenium Productions, where his original work was stagedincluding the thoughtful and funny Variations on Betrayal: An Allegory for Five Colorful Clowns, which re-imagined the life of Benedict Arnold as a corporate fable. Goldman has played numerous roles in both local community (Reefer Madness) and Equity (Sacramento Theatre Company) shows. They're a very likely partnership in many ways.
And one of those ways is in their assemblage of the perfect cast for this delightfully bawdy comedy. To call Put Out a bedroom farce is limiting, since most of the falling down, noggin whacking, face-slapping and pepper spraying happens in places other than the boudoir. But it is physical comedy at its height, and casting local actresses Kelley Ogden (Maria) and Kellie Yvonne Raines (Constance) is nothing short of inspired. They're joined by Blair Leatherwood (Agamemnon) and Laskey (Tom) for a small-cast romp through love, sex, isunderstandings and, frankly, some of the funniest lady wrasslin' seen on the local stage.
Agamemnon is a workaholic who expects the same of Maria, his secretary; he only barely manages to leave work early to celebrate his wife's birthday. But he discovers he's been cuckolded; his wife, Constance, is sharing their bed with her colleague, Tom.
You really don't need much more than thatthe first five minutes of the playto figure out how this is going to work. Laskey's originality isn't in the premise; it's in the characterizations, which are more than ably brought to life by the cast, making this a laugh-very-out-loud sex farce. Leatherwood's bumbling but lovable Agamemnon quickly drives his secretary to a near-murderous mood as he splays his neediness every which-way. Meanwhile, Laskey commingles weasel-y and wishy-washy in his wannabe-Lothario of an office playa (who is actually closer to a confused and overgrown eighth grader).
But it's the chemistry between Raines and Ogden that really kicks things into high gear, and their confrontationsthere are severalare comedy gold. These two can elicit more laughs with their eyebrows than most actors can with their entire bodies. Raines' schtick includes a series of scenes in which she acts out her own indecision without saying a word, but with much flapping, thumb-sucking and other physical hilarity. Ogden calls to mind, in several scenes, the sort of physical portrayals of the fed-up and abused secretary one might have seen the great Carol Burnett performor at least, that's what this critic overheard an audience member say.
With this auspicious beginningand high hopes for more original work from the talented Laskeywe can only add a warm and giggly welcome to the new Theater Galatea. Sacramento definitely has room for this kind of fun.
See the published review with photo at:
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/love-lust-lady-wrasslin/content?oid=4586989
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LocationWilliam J. Geery Theater (View)
2130 L St (at 22nd)
Sacramento, CA 95816
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 13 |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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