Of People and Not Things
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Running Time: 70 Minutes Venue: Wed, 06/02/2010 - 09:15 Fri, 06/04/2010 - 08:30 Sat, 06/05/2010 - 03:30 Tue, 06/08/2010 - 08:30 Wed, 06/09/2010 - 07:00 |
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It's the end of the world as we know it.
From Hunger Warrior Theatre
Show Description: What if there were an intimate apocalypse? No flesh eating undead or Mayan prophecies. Just a soft goodbye. Like a missed connection with fleeting eye contact and the thought of what might have been. What would you do? Maybe you'd walk through that door. Maybe you'd take a seat in the audience. We think you should. Come be a part of the world that's left.
Most Fringy Thing: We invite the audience to engage with our show without fear: they won't be dragged onto the stage, or forced to perform. Rather, we ask them to become part of this world, to actively listen to two points of view and piece together for themselves where a truth lies.
Artist/Company Bio: Hunger Warrior Theatre was founded in 2005 by two design graduate students at UC CCM. It was founded because they wanted to go to the Edinburgh Fringe. And then they did. And then they decided to maybe keep this theatre going for a while. Since its inception, HWT has performed twice at both the Edinburgh Fringe and CincyFringe. In 2009 we produced a reading series in the short-lived PermaFringe space on Main Street in OtR. We're dedicated to doing new writing. We're always looking for theatrical surprises in unexpected places. We've performed in a stairwell, in a closet, in a fire damaged basement, and in a bar. We've also made fools of ourselves in any number of other locations in the name of marketing. We do theatre that strives to engage the audience that sits with us in these small dark rooms. We hope you'll join us.
Hails from: Agoura, CA
Previous Fringes: Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2006 - Between the Water and The Air & 2009 - Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One), and the Edinburgh Fringe (2005 - Between the Water and the Air & 2009 - Anna the Slut and the (almost) Chosen One).
Reviews
Two People, Their Monologues, and Other Things
rating systems:
1=Disappointed 2=Enjoyed 3=Recommend 4=Encore
Fringe rating
FRINGY=what you only expect to see at a Fringe festival
FRINGIER=even at a Fringe festival you think- wow, that
was different
FRINGIEST=pushes the boundaries of what you ever see anywhere
OF PEOPLE AND NOT THINGS Randy 3 * Suzana 2 * * FRINGY *
We seem to be attending an undefined meeting of survivors of an unrevealed
disaster. This is communicated slowly by our first speaker and later reinforced by
our second speaker. Planetary disaster is a distant context for their lives that preceded
it. That earlier life is what each of the speakers want to share. But they
also have a pressing need to bare their souls. What we get is 70 minutes of
intimate views of their worlds, worlds that are rich in contrasts and yet,
complement each other. The performances are excellent, and the empathy I
felt for these two very different people was equally great. Separately they
create a whole that is greater than each part.
CityBeat Review
by Rick Pender
Critic's Pick
Hungerford’s show, featuring him and Know Theatre regular Liz Vosmeier, is an engaging piece of storytelling, artfully delivered by two excellent actors. It starts with Hungerford (whose usual contributions to the local theater scene are in the realm of scenic and lighting design), who comes onstage as Thomas, wearing a sport coat, blue shirt and tie, looking slightly nervous and certainly geeky. He obsessively adjusts the chair and anxiously shuffles a few pieces of paper, then begins to explain why he’s there.
Read the rest of the review here
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Full article here
by Rick Pender
Andrew Hungerford calls his show “a break from the high-energy insanity that permeates the Fringe. This play is quiet, thoughtful and intimate.” What if the world ended with a soft goodbye and the thought of what might have been? Would you walk through the door? Take a seat in the audience?
Hungerford’s piece offers two accounts of similar events and invites you to decide where the truth lies. Hunger Warrior Theatre continues to seek theatrical surprises in unexpected spaces, having performed in a stairwell, a closet, in a fire-damaged basement and a bar. Oh, and twice at the renowned Edinburgh Fringe.