Magnetic North
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 6, 2010
Closed May 16, 2010
Opened May 6, 2010
Closed May 16, 2010
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A charged tale of intimacy, temptation, and the shadowy border between flirtation and betrayal, Magnetic North is the winner of the 2006 Clauder Competition for Best New Play. James reconnects with Mara, an old girlfriend, during a period of crisis in his marriage to Leigh. Their casual meeting brings half-forgotten memories and questionable desires suddenly to the surface. After James tells a co-worker of the meeting, the casual get-together slowly begins to erode everything James and Mara believed to be true.
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In Magnetic North, now at the Workshop Theatre, playwright William Donnelly takes on what might seem a somewhat generic situation -- a marriage on the cusp of collapse -- and makes it fresh and compelling. And with a stripped-down production in a very tiny space, a lot hinges on Donnelly's totally believable dialogue and the work of a four-person cast.
The exposition is skillfully oblique. We first encounter James (Christian Campbell) at a bar, catching up with ex-girlfriend, Mara (Heather Lee Harper). He has since married, and she has not, and it quickly becomes apparent that she's still carrying a torch. Mara is nothing if not direct: "sopping" is how she describes her current condition, [...]