Tricks the Devil Taught Me
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Opened Aug 18, 2011
Closed Aug 28, 2011
Opened Aug 18, 2011
Closed Aug 28, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Don and Betty have been married for 22 years, almost exactly as long as they have had their son, Jeremy. But there is whispering behind closed doors, and the once invisible imperfections begin to poison the air. Right and wrong are swept up in a whirlwind of lies, hope and haunting memories. Perfume of whiskey sweetens the smell of prayer as the supporting cast reaches for their own versions of salvation. Will the faithful be saved? Or have they run out of time? The plan has already been set into motion. Judgment is coming...
Tricks the Devil Taught Me is a contemporary drama set in the fiery confines of West Texas. A new play written and directed by Tony Georges.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
The Only "Trick" Pepetuated is On The Audience
An unmitigated mess from start to finish...I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. Some scenes play as if Tennessee Williams were on crack, rather than just an alcoholic, some scenes play like the worst sitcom produced on TV, and some play like grand guignol Southern gothic. The only redemption is found in Beth Grants performance, and as the play progressed, I felt extremely sorry for her, as she gave her all and received no help from the playwright/director in return. How things like this get produced is a major question circulating in theatre circles today! Absolutely appalling!
Reviewed by gabbym
on Sunday, Aug 14th, 2011
A lot of fun!! Very enjoyable!!
We went to see the preview last Sunday evening, and thoroughly enjoyed it. The actors were all very talented, the characters they played were very human and easy to identify with. There were some very funny lines and scenes as well. An unexpected ending.
Reviewed by BekkiS
on Monday, Aug 8th, 2011
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Playwright/director Tony Georges gives theatergoers the chance to witness the evolution of an unhappy marriage in the unsatisfyingly bleak and melodramatically overwritten Tricks the Devil Taught Me, now playing at the Minetta Lane Theatre.
Georges' nonlinear play, set in a small west Texas town, focuses not only on the domestic unhappiness of the couple, Betty and Don (Julie Jesneck and TJ Linnard play a younger incarnation of the couple while Beth Grant and Peter Bradbury play the two when they are older), but also the pious hypocrisy of the religious community that surrounds them.
Georges fractures the narrative, shifting the play back and forth through a 23-year-span, theoretically i[...]