The Invitation
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Opened Sep 10, 2008
Closed Sep 27, 2008
Opened Sep 10, 2008
Closed Sep 27, 2008
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Obie Award winner John Clancy directs the world premiere of The Invitation, written by Brian Parks.
In an elite city apartment, a birthday-dinner celebration among a group of highly successful friends takes an abrupt, peculiar turn in a play that veers maniacally and sardonically through the worlds of politics, art...and revenge. Don't forget to RSVP.
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Have you ever been to a dinner party when you just wanted to kill someone to shut them up? In Brian Parks' The Invitation, making its world premiere at the Ohio Theatre, murder just might be on the menu. But while the play's scathing dialogue and absurdist humor allow for some deliciously ironic moments, the enterprise as a whole falls a little flat.
The piece starts out with a birthday dinner that married couple David (David Calvitto) and Marian (Katie Honaker) are throwing for their friend Steph (Leslie Farrell), with guests John (Paul Urcioli) and Sarah (Eva van Dok) in attendance. As the partygoers eat and drink, they make inane conversation about everything from literature to ghosts. [...]