December 5, 2009
“Cold” - Christmas for Rejects
Filed by Bil at 2:45 pm under Shameless Plugs, The Arts
This is a plug for a show I’m not even directly involved in…but since I am an active Dream Theatre Company member, and since it’s very possible I won’t be seeing any other holiday-themed shows this month, I thought I’d give it some love.
“Cold” by playwright and DTC Artistic Director Jeremy Menekseoglu is not your typical Christmas play. It’s about lonely people. Plain and simple. It’s not about finding the secret meaning of Christmas. It’s more about using a special time of year as an excuse to deal with your personality disorders. It’s about taking steps away from warmth and safety, and into the unknown or the terrifying. There are no holiday spirits. There are no cute children. There is plenty of eggnog.
It’s an unexpected romantic comedy, and - believe it or not - probably one of the best date plays in town at this time of year, despite the humor being rather dark and biting. It is, by the end of it, remarkably heartwarming…But you don’t have to take my word for it:
Also - check it out, this is super-cool: the cast of Dream Theatre was on local radio talking about the show. You can listen at Vocalo.org’s website, where they discuss not only the current production, but also the accepted spellings of the word “theatre.”
Listen to their radio interview on VOCALO 89.5 FM
Check back to this radio station this coming week, as the cast will be back to perform the show in radio-drama format! Old-timey style!
