Friday, January 13, 2012
Theater Louie & Ophelia: Tough Love with SistaStyle at Darkhorse
Posted by Martin Brady on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Where: Darkhorse Theater, 4610 Charlotte Ave.
When: Fridays-Sundays. Continues through Jan. 14
SistaStyle Productions and the Atlanta-based New African Grove Theatre Company collaborate on this production of Gus Edwards’ opus about a working-class couple struggling to maintain a relationship despite their obvious differences in energies, routines and life goals. The play’s been around for quite a while, and the original New York production — in 1986 at the Negro Ensemble Company — was directed by, and co-starred, African-American theatrical pioneer Douglas Turner Ward.
This mounting, directed by Synthia Williams, comes to Music City fresh off its successful early December run in Atlanta. Featuring Keith Franklin and Nashville’s Mary McCallum, the play’s entire run has an admission price of “pay what you can” — donations will be accepted at the door. From this week's Scene review:
Realistically, Ophelia and Louie (played here with gutsy determination by McCallum and Franklin) would seem to have too much baggage and too many philosophical disagreements to ever really find happiness together. But while science tells us that oil and water don't mix, we know from experience that they might coexist, however uneasily. So it is in this staging, transplanted from its December run in Atlanta.
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