Paul Herbert, Chelsea MacDonald, and Brian Parkinson (Photo by Nancy Caldwell)
There are several layers of experimentation going on here. Some of them work. A couple work splendidly.
Playwright Lucas Hnath really does present A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney as a public reading. Four actors file onstage, carrying their screenplays in black binders, and sit at a long table. “I’m Walt Disney,” one of them says. “This is a screenplay I wrote. It’s about me.”
Talk about a thesis statement: A Public Reading is an examination of megalomania. [Read more…]
