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Robyne Parrish - Director of The Zero Hour Robyne Parrish, director of The Zero Hour, woke up this morning wondering if those reviews were real or if they were just a dream.  Robyne, we have news for you.  Those reviews were real! Here’s a quick recap of a few: “I give the cast and crew high marks for an emotionally moving and intellectually stimulating performance.” Rick D’Loss of The Carnegie Shul “The play was warm, compelling, provocative, very funny with some piercing sadness and exceedingly well done.” Maggie Forbes, Executive Director at Andrew Carnegie Free Library “I find it exhilarating to see theater whose artifice is transparent, as here… Quick costume changes take place on stage. The same person plays many roles. It’s a stunt, in a way, like watching the Cirque de Soleil of acting. But the level of acting here goes beyond virtuosity.”   Arlene Weiner of the Coal Hill Blog "Madeleine George's 2010 play, directed here by Robyne Parrish, mov...

John Steffenauer & Erika Cuenca - Photo by Heather Mull What would a play about two lesbians in an almost-love relationship be without a good looking man?  In comes Doug.  Is Rebecca, who is not ready to come out of the closet, not even to please her lover O, really a lesbian? Is Doug the man who commands an answer?  Although Doug’s entrance occurs near the end of the play and only for a single scene, it is a scene you won’t soon forget. In a review by Dave Zuchowski  via his Owlscribe blog , Dave focuses in on Doug’s character, stating  “John Steffenauer as Doug, Rebecca’s bar encounter, is also a strong presence in a diminutive role…”  Dave also gives credit to the sound designer, Ryan McMasters, for doing a “great job incorporating Hitler speeches in the sound tract that evokes the mood of Nazi Germany along with snippets of beautiful singing from Mozart’s opera, "The Magic Flute," as well as some captivating music in the bar scene I’d like to ...