"The Adventures of Another Dick Tracy" already looked promising when Ann Jankowski turned it in at 6am. But in the hands of director Scott Kickhaefer, from Highland Park High School in Topeka, the play has the potential to be one of the standouts in tonight's 24-Hour Plays.
Jankowski's script manages to be both tightly written and structurally ambitious, as it cuts back and forth between two sleazy private eyes and a pair of sisters who are trying to con them. Asa Walker, from Labette County High School, plays his fresh-faced good looks to real comedic effect, while Devon Rutledge, from Wichita Collegiate, shines as the smirking sidekick Baxy. Wichita Collegiate's Arianna Johnson and Caitlin Pratt round out the cast as the virtuous sister and the kleptomaniacal sexpot; both are outstanding. They're a boisterous bunch, but Kickhaefer has managed to channel their energy into bits of physical comedy that succeed in bringing Jankowski's script to life.
It's exciting to see these young actors, as tired as they are, thinking on their feet and giving each other direction. "You ever check out a girl before?" Walker asks Rutledge, sarcastically. "Try doing it like that."
2 comments:
Wow. You flater me so.
This is amazing. I still remeber you showing me the pic as a preview before cutrain ad I nearly had a heartattck!!!!!!!!!!
As the director, I've gotta say they were an exceptionally fun company to work with, and the material was exceptional!
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