An adaptation of “Bartleby, The Scrivener,” written and performed by Sam Tsoutsouvas and directed by Andrew Paul for Kinetic Theatre, delivers a pitch-perfect solo retelling as Melville told it, from the perspective of the unnamed Narrator – a Wall Street lawyer who likes his lot in life just fine, until Bartleby walks through his doors.
This review has been updated with new production photographs. By BOB HOOVER Many plays have been written to showcase a particular actor. British playwright Christopher Hampton drew on an obscure 1941 Hungarian novel by Sandor Marai to write a vehicle for Jeremy… Read More ›
Admittedly, as an opening salvo to Kinetic Theatre’s 2025 season, “Embers” is not an easy watch. But Andrew Paul has faith in Kinetic’s audience to go where his taste for emotional and historical resonance can lead them.
By BOB HOOVER Calling his current season “A Pair of Deuces,” Kinetic Theatre’s producing director Andrew Paul presents a double dose of David Mamet – A Life in The Theatre (1977) and Oleanna (!992). The earlier play reveals Mamet searching to find his style of aphoristic dialogue, pausing… Read More ›
Andrew Paul’s Kinetic Theatre returns to Pittsburgh with a mini-Mamet Festival, plus a holiday show that marks the return of David Whalen as Sherlock Holmes. Whalen, who recently completed a rep company marathon of the Shakespeare History Plays at the… Read More ›
Pittsburgh’s Kinetic Theatre Company has the esteemed privilege of producing the U.S premiere of Donald Steven Olson‘s Oscar & Walt. Reviewed by Tiffany RaymondPerformance date: 11/4/21 In 1882, the 28-year old Wilde (played by Nick Giedris) visited the 62-year old… Read More ›
Oscar & Walt winner of the 2019 “Best Full-Length Play” award from the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights/City of West Hollywood Pride Reading Festival, received its World Premiere later that year under the auspices of The English Theatre of Rome,… Read More ›
