Funeral Potatoes

Funeral Potatoes
Written and Performed by Jjana Valentiner
Directed by Dody DiSanto
Produced at Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

The talented Jjana Valentiner brings a cache of characters to life in this touching collective of family members from Mormon stock on their various, sometimes comical life journeys.  Riffing on and off the subtitle-”A Good Wife Always Knows Her Place,” the play centers on a young woman struggling with her family’s request that she speak at her grandfather’s funeral. Read more

The Bridge of Bodies

• The Bridge of Bodies
• Written and performed by Kathleen Gonzales          
• Directed by Patrick Crowley                                 Â Â Â Â Â 
• Produced by the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
• Reviewed by Rosalind Lacy   

Sounds of breaking waves and a projected image of surf washing on shore place us in a paradise of calm. A faint echo of voodoo drums sets us up for the cultural question: ‘What is your name? Not just the first but your last.’ Read more