Double Your Play Pleasure at CPT
Two Honored Shorts take the Clifton Stage in October
SARGE and THE MONKEY’S PAW written by Kevin Crowley Fri. Oct 10 – Sun. Oct. 19
Christine Dye as Jerry Sandusky’s wife, Dottie, in Kevin Crowley’s SARGE.
Can a person be so close to evil it leaves them blind? This question and others are examined in the play “SARGE.” The short by Kevin Crowley was the Critics Pick for Best of Fringe at the 2014 Cincinnati Fringe Festival. The play and its title character were inspired by the recent headlines surrounding football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Jerry Sandusky’s wife, Dottie is re-imagined in monologues. In the Jerry Sandusky scandal, one figure remains the most enigmatic to the public, his wife, Dottie, or Sarge, as she was known. People tend to dismiss her as complicit, a liar, naive or delusional. “Sarge”, imagines her in three settings over the course of a year as the Sandusky scandal plays out. The play is the work of actor/writer and director Kevin Crowley, who when not acting on the silver screen, calls the Clifton Performance Theatre home.
Crowley has created a script that leaves one grasping at every word from the title character, looking for a moment to lay blame. Crowley says he does not want the story to provide answers, “I never wanted to make anyone love or hate her. I really just wanted to know, for my own edification, what was it like to be in that situation as the wheels came off their life together. The words are carefully crafted and presented with great precision by actress Christine Dye. Dye’s turn as the tough den mother to wayward boys takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions. Is she villain, victim or both? Catch “SARGE” now before it heads south for a run in New Orleans.
Carol Brammer & Dylan Shelton in THE MONKEY’S PAW.
The second play on this double feature is another short by Crowley called “The Monkey’s Paw.” The cast includes CPT regular Carol Brammer and actor Dylan Shelton. It is tale of two people consumed by the anxieties of early parenthood. Mike, a new father, is terrified and jealous of his son. Meanwhile his wife is fighting her own building fear of the world outside the for walls of their home. “The Monkey’s Paw” is a dark comedy exposing parenting on a different level.” Nat Cassidy of NY Theatre Now says, “ It’s smart stuff on Crowley’s part.”
- October 10 Friday 8pm
- October 11 Saturday 8pm
- October 12 Sunday 7pm
- October 16 Thursday 8pm
- October 17 Friday 8pm
- October 18 Saturday 8pm
- October 19 Sunday 3pm
- October 20 Monday 8pm
You can order tickets online at https://cpt.tixato.com/buy or call 513-861-SHOW (7469). The Clifton Performance Theatre is located at 404 Ludlow Ave.
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