4Pinter
4Pinter
A Festival of Short Plays by Harold Pinter
Directed by Robert Tobin, Ray Kasper, and Gerard Jamroz
April 4 - 19, 2009
About the show: Plays included The Lover, Special Offer, Trouble In the Works, Interview, The Black and White, Press Conference, and The New World Order.
CAST
Amanda Cowper
Ian Harris
Amy Kasper*
Ray Kasper*
Jeff McVann
Robert Tobin*
Josh Venditti
PRODUCTION TEAM
Robert Tobin* - Director/Sound Designer
Ray Kasper* - Director/Sound Designer
Gerard Jamroz - Director
Jeremiah Barr* - Stage Manager/Set Designer
Samantha Barr* - Lighting Designer
Amy Kasper* - Dramaturgy
Gerard Jamroz - Photographer
*denotes AstonRep company member
Reviews
“AstonRep Theatre Company's 4Pinter program is a well-acted sampling of short works from different periods in Harold Pinter's career, including quirky sketches he wrote while he was in his 20s. The centerpiece of the evening is the 1962 one-act The Lover, one of Pinter's best works. This satire of how we compartmentalize our feelings focuses on Richard and Sarah, whose tepid marriage is goosed by the intrusion of a third character: Sarah's lover, whom she meets every afternoon for illicit trysts. Spoiler alert: the trick is that husband and lover are one and the same. Sarah's infidelity turns out to be a complex game of sexual role-playing--but the strategem begins to fail when the titillating fantasy of afternoon sex spills over into the couple's real-life relationship. Under Robert Tobin's direction, Ray and Amy Kasper skillfully convey the urgent need that underlies the couple's comically kinky arrangement.”