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| GENRE |
Satirical musical comedy |
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Full-length, 80-95 minutes
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| CAST |
8 females, 8 males (10-30 actors possible: 5-15 females, 5-15 males) |
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Minimal.
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| NOTES |
Adult language |
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| The Astounding Krispinsky! The All-American Feminem! The Amazing Screaming Vegan, the Formerly Amazing Bob, and Mr. McBuffer the Renegade Puppet! With American culture and politics growing increasingly surreal, Actors Theatre of Louisville commissioned seven marquee playwrights to create a variety-show satire in the grand old vaudeville tradition -- from ventriloquists to contortionists to Lady Liberty on a trapeze. With songs! |
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| "A smart, funny show that channels the neurotic anxiety of a culture crumbling onto its own ideals and converts it into humor and laughs... Uncle Sam's liberates itself from political mockery to true satirical commentary. Vaudevillian in nature, the show goes beyond random acts of entertainment and develops a cohesive idea and psychological picture of our time." |
| --Frank Kuzler, NYTheatre |
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| Uncle Sam's Satiric Spectacular, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (2005). Photo: Harlan Taylor. |
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