May 17, 2008
  

 

Pandora Productions

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Louisville, KY 40204-4185
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Marty Rosen || Courier – JournalChambers' 1980 script could be played for easy laughs … but the Pandora Productions version is far too sly and eloquent for that.  Drury hasn't so much created a play as constructed a community on stage. On a deftly designed beachfront (designed by John Witzke and Keith Kimmel), the eight women of the ensemble move and speak with a casual unity that makes the intricate flow of emotions and ideas seem utterly natural.  Scharff and Cecil make fine romantic foils, Kristi Papailler and Carol Tyree Williams bring a droll, deadpan humor to the beach. Anne-Marie Alexander takes a fine turn as a wealthy woman hopelessly under the sway of a dim, self-centered beauty (Brytanie Holbrook). Lynch imbues Kitty with majestic authority. Erin McGuire has just the right peppery tone as Kitty's secretary.    …so persuasive and finely paced ….

Craig Highley || TheatreLouisville.org…Pandora Productions, Louisville's only GLBT theatre company, has another hit on their hands with their current production of Jane Chambers' Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. Everything about this production is top-notch, from the script to the actors, from the set and lighting design to Michael Drury's stylish direction. It's a show that will move you like few others can.  I am hard pressed to find a single flaw in this production! All of the performances were strong, without a single weak link in its cast, and Drury's direction keeps the story flowing.  John Witzke's set and Cristy Bohannon Wegman's lighting design are also very impressive, realistically evoking a beachside cabin and stretch of beach.  Overall it is a strong and evocative production that forces you to think while you are laughing and crying — and that is just what good theatre is supposed to do.

Sherry Deatrick || Leo Weekly Director Michael Drury assembled the perfect cast for this production. Despite the large ensemble, each woman makes her part memorable, and no character seems superfluous. By the end of the show, we’d all fallen in love with Jessica Scharff’s Lil, the self-described “independent dyke” who hates to lose — whether it be a bluefish or a poker game. Scharff plays her role so definitively that I can’t imagine any other actor as Lil now. Raquel Cecil is particularly impressive as Eva during her clumsy attempt to satisfy her bi-curiosity and seduce Lil. Anne Marie Alexander (Sue) and Erin McGuire (Rita) are also standouts, breathing realism into sometimes-unlikely dialogue. The impressive set realistically depicts the ocean shoreline with a beach house on the water’s edge. Sounds of the ocean add to the beach experience. In the wrong hands, the whole thing could have easily come off like a Sapphic soap opera, but Pandora Productions has scored one of its biggest creative successes yet with this moving, unforgettable production. Don’t miss it!



08/30-09/16/   2007

11/08-11/25  2007

12/27-01/13  07/08

 

03/27-04/13  2008

06/12-06/29  2008

  

 
Pandora Proudly Supports The 2007 AIDS WALK
 
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Leo's 2007 Reader's Choice Awards was announced and
Pandora Productions is #3 in Live Theatre
right up there with Louisville's premier theatre companies,
Actors Theatre and Derby Dinner.

  

 
Louisville Mayor, Jerry Abramson, proclaims Sept 6, 2007 as Pandora Productions Day
In honor of our extraordinary growth and move to the new venue!

  

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