A Nervous Smile
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 26, 2009
Closed May 17, 2009
Opened Apr 26, 2009
Closed May 17, 2009
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Running Time:
1hr. 20min.
1hr. 20min.
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In the play, the wealthy parents of a girl severely disabled with cerebral palsy are strained to the breaking point by the burden of caring for their daughter. With a friend whose son also has CP, they decide to leave the burden of their children and fly off to South America and Europe.
A Nervous Smile is the final, most powerful play by John Belluso, a wonderful playwright with a disability who passed away more than two years ago.
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A married couple plots to abandon their disabled child in John Belluso's provocative play, A Nervous Smile, now receiving its New York premiere at the Kirk Theatre in an uneven production from Theater Breaking Through Barriers. While Belluso's dark comedy can be very funny, some of the work's humor is blunted in this imperfect, loosely paced staging by director Ike Schambelan.
The late playwright, who was himself disabled, crafted a compelling tale of moral complexity. Brian (Nicholas Viselli) and Eileen (Pamela Sabaugh) are weary of caring for their (unseen) teenage daughter Emily, who suffers from cerebral palsy. They hatch a plan to free themselves of the responsibility of taking care [...]