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<br /> SPOILER ALERT: This Year's 10 By 10 in the Triangle at the ArtsCenter Goes Rewardingly Meta*
<br /> By Alan R. Hall
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<br /> July 11, 2014-Carrboro, NC:
<br /> Carrboro—(Fri., Jul. 11, 2014-
<br /> Sun.,Jul. 27, 2014)
<br /> The ArtsCenter opened its 13th annual 10 By 10 In the Triangle this weekend,giving its audience ten ten-minute plays in ArtsCenter: 10 By 10 in the
<br /> the space of a couple of hours.As usual,the house was packed for this opening,which draws playwrights from across Triangle
<br /> the country.The plays ran the gamut this year,but emphasis was on the theatre,plays about the theatre and playwrights Performed by ArtsCenter Stage
<br /> writing plays. Ticket prices detailed in Notes.--
<br /> ArtsCenter,(919)929-2787,ext.201
<br /> Act I began with'What the Theatre Is All About—A Master Class with Vincent Van Buren"by Cory Rieger of Los htfp:11www.artscenterlive.orai
<br /> Angeles.The play featured David Berberian as an Actor with a capital A, a self-important puff of a man who believes
<br /> himself to be Master of the Local Stage.He is challenged for this role by another Actor, played by Fred Corlett,and the two have an Act-off,in which an
<br /> independent judge, Lazarus Simmons,decides which of the two is Master.This was a hilarious send-up of the local stage and a fun opening to this year's
<br /> program.
<br /> Next was'The Interpreter,"a play about the Internet and dating,by Bridget Erin of Denham Springs, LA. Caroline Strange as the interpreter gives the subtext and
<br /> hidden meanings of what is said between two people on a first date,and hilarity ensues.Jim Muscater and Terra Hodge play the daters,who decide that the
<br /> hidden meanings of this interpreter are to be left behind them.
<br /> "Going Viral,"by Brandon M. Crose,gave us a pair of parents who have decided that their 16-year-old son is now ready to launch himself into the Internet,and
<br /> have designed for him a Facebook portfolio. David Berberian plays Dad, Page Purgar is Mom, and Jorge Donoso plays the son,who is the only adult in the
<br /> room.After mom and dad have explained what they have done for their budding Internet star,the son tells them that once he has examined this page thoroughly,
<br /> he will decide what punishment is appropriate for the two!
<br /> Jordan Rawlins of Los Angeles gave us the next play,"Canyon,"as a couple(Lazarus Simmons and Caroline Strange)meets a young woman(Jillian Lea)at the
<br /> rim of the Grand Canyon.This young woman announces that she intends to jump off the canyon rim. Her intention is not death,but a launch into the ether,as
<br /> she intends to fly.After some enervating back and forth,the couple,in an attempt to dissuade her,tells her that they will jump with her.At the critical moment,
<br /> neither woman jumps, but the man not only jumps, he actually succeeds in doing exactly what the young woman believes would happen—he flies!
<br /> "Ten Minute Life"by Elaine Smith of Middleburg,FL,gave us a man of advanced years(Fred Corlett)who is attempting to write a ten-minute play. His live-in
<br /> partner(Mary Rowland)is here to give him help,which is completely distracting.She announces that she loves him,which throws him into a tizzy.The
<br /> impossibility of being able to cram life into ten minutes is discussed,as well as the man's inability to return love and her ability to achieve it. She overcomes his
<br /> fears and he accepts her advancement, proving to both of them that something real actually can take place in the space of ten minutes.
<br /> Act II began with`This is not a Play,"by Chas Belov of San Francisco.We are presented with two women(Jillian Lea and Page Purgar)who regale us with the
<br /> idea that what they are doing is not a play, it has not been written by a playwright, and it does not have any aspect of the playwright's craft—proving by example
<br /> that it is indeed exactly what they say it ain't!
<br /> "The Wisdom of Pirates"came next,by Amanda Petefish-Schrag of Maryville,MO,who tries to tell us that an eye patch allows a pirate—and anyone else who
<br /> wears it—to see more clearly.Terra Hodge tells her husband,Jim Moscater,that she sees things more clearly now that she wears this patch,which makes him
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