Overview
Produced by Iron Crow Theatre
Directed by Joseph Ritsch
Written by Brad Fraser
Performed by Ryan Airey, Timothy Elliott, Erin Gahan, Michele Minnick, Steven J. Satta, Katie O. Solomon, and Christopher Zargarbashi
Seven people search for connection in a landscape strewn with violence, loss and regret. Iron Crow sets Brad Fraser's 1989 play in current day Baltimore; a raw confrontation of our most intimate battles against those surrounding us in this dark and charmed city. By turns funny, sexy. and haunting, it questions the true meaning of love and friendship.
?(Director Joseph Ritsch?s) Stylized, simple, and evocative staging, performed by a carefully choreographed cast, makes this a memorably disturbing production. The theater company?s name, ?Iron Crow?, refers, in part, to crowbars intended to ? quote ? ?pry open hearts and minds.? Judging from Iron Crow?s take on ?Love and Human Remains,? this young troupe is well on its way.? J. Wynn Rousuck, WYPR
?Anyone who sees the excellent new production by Iron Crow Theatre Company, among the more recent arrivals to the Baltimore theatre scene, will likely come away impressed...Iron Crow?s production succeeds because it fills Fraser?s apparitions with warm flesh and beating hearts." ?Brent Englar, Broadwayworld.com
Director Joseph Ritsch uses the space at the Swirnow Theater to emphasize the separate, hard-to-connect worlds of the characters? Steven J. Satta gets across David's glib, bitchy personality neatly. Michele Minnick offers a good deal of nuance as Candy, especially as the plot sickens? Ryan Airey does a winning job in the role of the naive, slowly awakening Kane?there is vibrant work from Erin Gahan (Jerri) and Christopher H. Zargarbashi (Robert)?Tim Elliot captures the manic personality of Bernie with sufficient flair?Katie O. Solomon, decked out in Victoria's Secret-like regalia, makes a colorful Benita?Conor Mulligan's lighting adds considerably to the visual effectiveness of the production, while Michael Perrie's music does the same for the aural. ?Tim Smith, Baltimore Sun
