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The Hysteric

By: Carol Lee Sirugo

Found In New York Productions / New York, NY

07/19/2011 9:01 PM | Comments: 0 (including replies) Our Rating: Your Average Rating:

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They say marriage can drive you insane, but this is ridiculous.

New Yorkers Jonathan Kaplan and Carol Lee Sirugo play unnamed newlyweds — along with numerous other characters — in this two-person comedy thriller that Edgar Allan Poe might have written if he were schooled in the humour of Monty Python.

Sirugo plays the young bride of Kaplan, a shady sort who hypnotizes and drugs his wife to get her into bed, but he doesn’t want to sleep with her. Throughout the night the woman hears horrific screaming and moaning, and in the morning things in the house are missing. Is she going mad?

The show included sharp dialogue, well-timed atmospheric sound effects and a clever use of props. Kaplan and Sirugo have a great chemistry together and the different characters are easily identifiable, but some asides to the audience could be spoken more loudly for people in the back.

The Hysteric is a crazy good hour of your time.

— Rob Williams

From the official Fringe Festival program:

An innocent wife. A fiendish husband. An eerie asylum. Let the insanity begin! A dark and devious comedy about the delicate disposition of women.

Creator of the 2002 Fringe hit This Town.

WINNER - BEST PLAY - MEDIA CHOICE AWARD - Saskatoon Fringe

"Delicious perfection" 5 STARS - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

"Fast-paced, funny" 4 STARS - Winnipeg Sun

"Brilliant!" 4 STARS - SEE Magazine, Edmonton

"Another gem of the Fringe" 4 ½ STARS – CBC Radio, Manitoba

http://www.foundinnewyorkproductions.com/

Recommended For: Mature Audience

Length: 60 MIN

Tickets: $10

Under 12 not admitted.

Warnings: Language, Gunshots, Fog, comedic sexual situations

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