Author: Tom Williams

They spin, twist, run, jump, do back-flips combining dance movements with acrobatic elements that include dangerous routines on two vertical bars and jumping through hoops. Many of the gravity-defying routines are fresh, urban and inventive. The seven have skills like folk singing and guitar playing – from Florian Zumkehr’s; Chinese acrobatics from Xia Zhengqi; and balancing on each other’s heads by several cast members

While playfully dark and aptly using aerial arts with child-like humor, this adult Peter Pan is filled with action, simultaneous sensations of amazement, fear and nightmares. Peter Pan is a hollow fellow who doesn’t fully make the case for his credo: “I’ll never grow up.” There is sexual tension from Wendy that confuses Peter Pan that never gets resolved.

All three stories had their moments of nostalgia and cuteness but the devil is in the details and these were lacking. If your going to do an era specific play, please use accurate accents, places, uniforms, etc. The only accurate item was the dresses and hair styles of the women.

The all around experience of this cute, somewhat entertaining piece makes for a mildly worthy night at the theatre. Younger theatre patrons will not be so bothered with the details as I am.

Stalk is a concoction of a dysfunctional family drama that finds Jack (Jordan Phelps) being beaten by his cruel, unloving gather, Gregory (Scott Danielson) while is zombie-like pill-popping mother, Lily (Meghan Phillipp) announces that she no longer loves her son. The early scenes are filled with foul language including the F-word–so between the language and the violence, Stalk definitely isn’t a family or children’s show.

The Four of Us is a cleverly staged work by director Jeremy Wechsler that swiftly moves back and forth in time to tell how David (Usman Ally) and Benjamen’s (Collin Geraghty) relationship developed and how success can alter that friendship.