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-# Victor Lodato's Arlington at Magic Theatre, November 13, 2013
-Victor Lodato's [Arlington](http://magictheatre.org/season/arlington)
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-[Magic Theatre](http://magictheatre.org/)
-[Fort Mason Center, Building D, 3rd Floor; San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fort+Mason+Center,+Building+D,+3rd+Floor;+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)
-:00 PM, Wednesday, November 13, 2013
-## One Act
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-[set ends 9:m PM]
-## Post-show Q&A
-[9:m PM lights down, announcements]
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-## Performers
-* [Analisa Leaming](http://www.analisaleaming.com/) as _Sara Jane_: upright piano, vox;
-* [Jeff Pew](http://www.jeffreypew.com/) as _Jerry_: baby grand piano, vox.
-### Production Credits
-* Eric Flatmo: set design;
-* Jackson Gay: director;
-* Antonia Gunnarson: costumes;
-* Sara Huddleston: sound design;
-* [Victor Lodato](http://www.victorlodato.com/): playwright, lyricist;
-* Polly Pen: music;
-* Jeff Rowlings: lighting.
-## Notes
-Thankfully, tonight's play wasn't nearly as dark and disturbing as [[2013-10-08|Buried Child]]! _Arlington_ relates the inner turmoil of a military wife coming to grips with conflicts between her proper role -- the perky, supportive wife -- and the reality that her husband isn't necessarily the heroic soldier of her dreams.
-The stage craft was pretty interesting: for the vast majority of the play, Sara Jane is sing-speaking her inner monologue to the audience, accompanied by Jerry's piano-as-backgound-music. Polly Pen has done a really good job at writing a score that translates audio cues from Jerry's piano into a variety of expressive functions, like evoking the passing thunderstorm in the very first scene. Another bit that I liked was the way that Victor Lodato punctuated Sara Jane's monologue several times with brief bits that pierced the "fourth wall", inviting the audience into the performance.
-On the down side, the chronological flow of the play seemed somewhat inconsistent. A night into morning scene to start; then morning into afternoon waiting for mom; drunk in the evening after mom's visit; and last it seemed to bog down in the end as Sara Jane's crisis was revealed. I could understand this if I relate it to the cinematic pan-and-zoom that closes in on a key visual element -- this being a dramaturgical equivalent -- but my experience during the play was discomfort -- is this thing over _yet_? -- nope, not quite... -- and closing with repetition of Sara Jane's children's song about the Moon in the House did nothing to resolve that tension.
-{{tag>music theater Magic_Theatre Analisa_Leaming Jeff_Pew Jackson_Gay Victor_Lodato Polly_Pen}}
-[[2013#November_events|Back to the calendar!]]

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