That Old Soft Shoe closes

That Old Soft Shoe closed its run at the Too Soon Festival this past Sunday.

I was very proud of the production, and the work that was done. The direction was, as usual, tight and clear. The acting was all around spectacular. I know a lot of people who saw the show were impressed by Steve Burns performance and rightly so - it was a show stealing performance in a show stealing role. Everyone, though, was fantastic. Carter Jackson's deadpan serviceman underplayed to perfection. David DelGrosso gave a heartfelt performance to a role I felt could easily have been detestable, a truly great performance. Laura Desmond was freaking hilarious as always as she blew up with rage at Joe Yeargain, who in turn gave subtly powerful performance as The Patient. Maya Ferrera's role, written more as a sight gag on the page, wound up giving real life and bringing some exceptional comic timing to the role of Gretchen.

It wasn't my most attended play, truth be told, but it certainly seemed to find favor with the audience that did attend. If you made it out to see the play, thanks so much for supporting our efforts to delight and provoke. I certainly hope we'll see this play again very soon.