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Roaring 20s
Phyro-Giants!
10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, through Dec. 12
Beowulf Alley Theatre
11 S. Sixth Ave.
882-0555,
www.beowulfalley.org
Twenty-something.
Either you're approaching your 20s, in the eye of the storm, or looking back and being thankful you survived your 20s. It is a tumultuous time—a decade of working your way into the real world, dealing with college, finding a career to fit into, making money, getting married and ... oh god ... babies.
Beowulf Alley's Late Night Theatre will be offering Phyro-Giants!, a play that finds the comedy in the 20-something. A former correspondent for The Daily Show, Michael Blieden wrote the play in 2001. UA alum and playwright Michelle Sciarrone brought it to Tucson.
'It's so creative. Throughout the whole show, we're at a table, and there are people having a conversation,' says Sciarrone. 'It's almost like you're hanging out with your friends at dinner.'
Sciarrone, who is acting this time around rather than writing, says that even though there's not a lot of action or set changes—in fact, there are no set changes—the story will keep the audience hooked.
'It has dramatic moments and little surprises, but you'll laugh,' she says.
A combination of friends and strangers tell stories and disclose personal escapades at dinner—basically, it's a dinner we've all been to before.
The director of late-night shows at Beowulf Alley, Michael Fenlason, says it's better than typical late-night comedy, which generally includes crazies running around half-naked and screaming, he says. Phyro-Giants! is a little more respectable, but it still maintains some late-night antics (read: adult themes and language).
So, get a glimpse of your future, laugh at where you're at, or go to reminisce.
Tickets are $8, cash, at the door. Call 882-0555 for reservations. —A.P."
