"Fools for Tragedy's current staging of Jordan Gwiazdowski's Waiting, a deconstruction of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot,
plays like an existential funhouse, with metaphorical mirrors strewn
everywhere in a story that is both emotionally and intellectually
engaging."
Russ Bickerstaff :: The Shepherd Express
"...we keep watching, riveted. There’s a point in the show where you realize there won’t be any resolution. You dismiss that issue and get back to enjoying the show. To waiting."
- Matthew Reddin :: Third Coast Digest
"This is an adult play because a child would not understand it. A child is functionally dependent upon his parents for sustenance. A child would wait forever. An adult fends for himself and his kin group. An adult tragically both creates the walls of rooms like the one the Waiting characters find themselves trapped inside (a kind of sickness), but also possesses the maturity to see the room for what it is and to use the door to exit into a wider world (and become well again).
-Michael Timm
Russ Bickerstaff :: The Shepherd Express
"...we keep watching, riveted. There’s a point in the show where you realize there won’t be any resolution. You dismiss that issue and get back to enjoying the show. To waiting."
- Matthew Reddin :: Third Coast Digest
"This is an adult play because a child would not understand it. A child is functionally dependent upon his parents for sustenance. A child would wait forever. An adult fends for himself and his kin group. An adult tragically both creates the walls of rooms like the one the Waiting characters find themselves trapped inside (a kind of sickness), but also possesses the maturity to see the room for what it is and to use the door to exit into a wider world (and become well again).
-Michael Timm
-THE PLAYERS-
Allie Beckmann
Michael Traynor
Jacob Anderson
Gwen Zupan
Jordan Gwiazdowski
Featuring: Peter Smith
First Weekend Guest Starring: Gretchen Makhorn and Robby McGhee
Michael Traynor
Jacob Anderson
Gwen Zupan
Jordan Gwiazdowski
Featuring: Peter Smith
First Weekend Guest Starring: Gretchen Makhorn and Robby McGhee
The setting is the Theatre de Babylone in Paris – the time is now. Two actors have received anonymous contracts to perform in a production of “Waiting for Godot”. They sit and wait for instruction. While they wait they meet a few other characters responsible in putting the show together.
The cast will be a different combination of the 5 or 6 actors employed for the show every night.
Each night will be a new and explosively entertaining experience for both the actors and audience alike. The limited seating will make it a very touching and intimate slice of drama.
The cast will be a different combination of the 5 or 6 actors employed for the show every night.
Each night will be a new and explosively entertaining experience for both the actors and audience alike. The limited seating will make it a very touching and intimate slice of drama.
