Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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Tucson, Arizona Published: 01.22.2007

"After reading the Star's description of 'The Woman in Black,' playing at Tucson's Beowulf Alley Theatre Company, my family decided to attend last Friday's performance. What a pleasure to relax in the story-telling of two fine actors, Roberto Guajardo and David Alexander Johnston. I felt like we were in a British drawing room listening to a mysterious tale that totally drew in each member of my family. All for about the price of a movie ticket. There's nothing like high-quality live theater.

Deborah H. Hildreth
Teacher, Vail "

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Tucson Weekly : Arts : Virtual Reality

Tucson Weekly : Arts : Virtual Reality:

PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 25, 2007:
Virtual Reality
Three excellent plays all deal with perception in entertaining ways
By JAMES REEL

"The Woman in Black is an English ghost story with greater ambition than you find in most such genre pieces."

"Guajardo and Johnston carry the evening with a steady sense of character and an undercurrent of dread. Guajardo plays a half-dozen figures in the story and gives each his own physical comportment and English regional accent. "

"But what makes this play most effective is its atmosphere, which is superbly established by the set and sound design."

"This is by far the most sophisticated use of sound I've heard in a Tucson production, outside of Arizona Theatre Company."

Friday, January 19, 2007

The stars shine in gothic tale at Beowulf Alley | www.azstarnet.com ®

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By Gerald M. Gay
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona Published: 01.19.2007

"The Woman in Black" finds strength in its actors"

"[Roberto] Guajardo shines ... he managed to bring to life an entire town of people, from Mr. Jerome, the firm's nervous, apprehensive local agent, to Keckwick, the strong and silent carriage driver. "

"[David Alexander] Johnston was no slouch either. ... The two kept a strong rapport whether the scene called for levity or heart-stopping horror."

"If you are more into Edgar Allan Poe and less of a "Saw II" fan, the play has enough suspense and quality acting to keep your adrenaline pumping."

Thursday, January 18, 2007

'Woman in Black' lets you see what's not there | www.tucsoncitizen.com ®

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Published: 01.18.2007
CHUCK GRAHAM

"... astonishing performance of "The Woman in Black" at Beowulf Alley Theatre "

"Directed by Terry Erbe, this elaborate production takes local theater to a new level of excellence. Around the finely balanced two-person cast of David Alexander Johnston and Roberto Guajardo are layered a detailed stage set and precise series of haunting theatrical effects that are remarkably effective. "

Saturday, January 13, 2007

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"THE WOMAN IN BLACK": Seeking nothing less than to scare the pants off its audience, Beowulf Alley Theatre Company is opening this play by Stephen Mallatratt, adapted from the book by Susan Hill. A production has been running continuously in London for 17 years, so it must be pretty scary. Terry Erbe directs this show, featuring Roberto Guajardo and David Alexander Johnston. The story centers on a young lawyer sorting through the final affairs of an elderly widow who lived in an isolated estate along a marshy spot of England's eastern coast. The more he discovers, the more he feels haunted by past events in the widow's life. When: The production opens Saturday and continues through Feb. 4. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 1:30 p.m. Sundays; preview shows 7:30 p.m. today and Friday. Where: 11 S. Sixth Ave. Price: $14-$18 general, $10 for previews Info: 882-0555, http://www.beowulfalley.org/

Friday, January 05, 2007

'The Woman in Black' | www.azstarnet.com ®

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By Sherilyn Forrester
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
Published: 01.05.2007

Most theaters work diligently to fill their seats.The folks at Beowulf Alley are hoping their audiences will be jumping out of theirs.Beowulf's production of "The Woman in Black," which opens next week, is a uniquely theatrical ghost story that has been scaring and thrilling theatergoers for more than 17 years.

"It's just wonderfully frightening," says Terry Erbe, who is directing Roberto Guajardo and David Alexander Johnston in this Stephen Mallatratt adaptation of the book by Susan Hill."

Even though the book is a really good read and is very scary, I think the play works even better," adds Erbe. "The conventions of the theater — that are particular to the theater — really enhance the effect of the story and how it is told."