Comments on: Romeo and Juliet http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/09/21/romeo-and-juliet-3/ Washington DC's Liveliest Theater Website Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joanna E http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/09/21/romeo-and-juliet-3/comment-page-1/#comment-5742 Joanna E Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:39:33 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/?p=2067#comment-5742 The motivation for an entire female cast? Theater is still one of the most sexist environments...finding interesting parts for women is always a challenge. Most plays are written for men by men...and the excercise of an all male cast (R&J) has been seen before. It's disheartening to see the few female roles out there go to men. Kudos to Taffety Punk and Lise Bruneau for creating a inspired night of theater. For more celebration of fabulous women on stage, I highly recommend HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS at Round House. Five excellent parts for women! In fact, this year alone Round House is producing four plays by living women playwrights! The motivation for an entire female cast? Theater is still one of the most sexist environments…finding interesting parts for women is always a challenge. Most plays are written for men by men…and the excercise of an all male cast (R&J) has been seen before. It’s disheartening to see the few female roles out there go to men. Kudos to Taffety Punk and Lise Bruneau for creating a inspired night of theater. For more celebration of fabulous women on stage, I highly recommend HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS at Round House. Five excellent parts for women! In fact, this year alone Round House is producing four plays by living women playwrights!

]]> By: David M. Thomas http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/09/21/romeo-and-juliet-3/comment-page-1/#comment-5708 David M. Thomas Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:23:17 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/?p=2067#comment-5708 A word from the (very) good amateur actor, director and companion of Mr. Treanor: What I most liked about the T.P. presentation was that the conection between the title characters came across as genuine in this production, something the all male production was unable to accomplish. I liked the company taking a chance, for whatever reason. I do not pretend to know the entire motivation for doing the play with an all female cast. I liked the performance of Ms. Williamson. I like simple sets in general as it allows me to paint pictures of my own in my head. I like a $10.00 ticket. I very much like being the companion of Mr. Treanor. I will leave the "what I don't like" for the reviewers. Thanks Tim. A word from the (very) good amateur actor, director and companion of Mr. Treanor:

What I most liked about the T.P. presentation was that the conection between the title characters came across as genuine in this production, something the all male production was unable to accomplish. I liked the company taking a chance, for whatever reason. I do not pretend to know the entire motivation for doing the play with an all female cast. I liked the performance of Ms. Williamson. I like simple sets in general as it allows me to paint pictures of my own in my head. I like a $10.00 ticket. I very much like being the companion of Mr. Treanor. I will leave the “what I don’t like” for the reviewers. Thanks Tim.

]]> By: Paula Y. Bickham http://dctheatrescene.com/2008/09/21/romeo-and-juliet-3/comment-page-1/#comment-5699 Paula Y. Bickham Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:57:33 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/?p=2067#comment-5699 I liked it. But I didn't love it. I went out of curiosity (an all chick production doing R&J - and I'm not that crazy about R&J) I must say it was entertaining. After awhile I forgot the actors were all women. I thought the women in male roles looked, swaggered, and bragged "guyish." Then when I remembered that they were all female, I found a bit of humor in that. I was glad when "Mercutio" got knocked off. After awhile "he" wasn't cute anymore, and became annoying. Sometimes lines were garbled, and the playing space got a wee bit crowded. But I was impressed overall with how this little theatre company pulled this off with barely anything for a set, no fancy costumes, and no special effects. I can only imagine it must have been a challenge for everyone involved. I liked it. But I didn’t love it. I went out of curiosity (an all chick production doing R&J – and I’m not that crazy about R&J) I must say it was entertaining. After awhile I forgot the actors were all women. I thought the women in male roles looked, swaggered, and bragged “guyish.” Then when I remembered that they were all female, I found a bit of humor in that. I was glad when “Mercutio” got knocked off. After awhile “he” wasn’t cute anymore, and became annoying. Sometimes lines were garbled, and the playing space got a wee bit crowded. But I was impressed overall with how this little theatre company pulled this off with barely anything for a set, no fancy costumes, and no special effects. I can only imagine it must have been a challenge for everyone involved.

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