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My Top Ten Actresses in Non-Musicals Productions plus Honorable Mention of Performances

Posted by:	Richard Connema 08:29 pm EST 12/30/13
In reply to:	My Top Ten Regional Productions of 2013--Dramas and Comedies--Plus Honorable Mention of Other Regio ... - Richard Connema 08:23 pm EST 12/30/13

THE TOP TEN ACTRESSES PRICILLA LOPEZ---“Somewhere”---TheatreWorks---she gave an engrossing performance as Inez, the stage struck matriarch of the family . She drove the drama forward with her dynamo performance ARWEN ANDERSON--- It was a tour de force of angry, unfocussed grief and desperation of life as the widow of the sergeant in Word for Word production of “You Know When the Men Are Gone” SIMONE MISSICK was mesmerizing as Camae in TheatreWorks production of “The Mountain Top”. She was feisty and radiant transmitting laugh lines and hammering the sassy-gal routine. LAUREN ENGLISH as Steph in Neil LaBute’s “Reason to be Pretty” She gave a dynamic performance especially when she reads from her notes on what is wrong with her boyfriend to an unseen group in a food mall. It was a vigorous tour de force of acting in a 7 minute solo scene. SUSI DAMILANO was superb as Beverly in Mike Leigh’s “Abigail’s Party” presented by San Francisco Playhouse. She owned the stage as the hostess from hell. REBEKAH BROCKMAN---a wonderful Juliet in Cal Shakes production. She transforms beautifuly into an agreesive 14 year old girl throwing herself into a newfound romance> JULIA BROTHERS---a excellent portrayal of a cheeky liberal person in Jon Robin Baitz’s “Other Desert Cities”. She delivered the comic lines like a dagger. MEGAN TROUT---did an excellent job or creating Bonnie in the Shotgun Players production of “Bonnie and Clyde” SHARON LOCKWOOD gave a tour de force of comedy as Sonia in “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at Berkeley Rep MONA GOLABEK---who is an incredibly talented pianist and throughout her story she rendered beautiful pieces of Beethoven, Debussy and Chopin. She beautifully told the story of her mother who left the Nazi occupation to live in London during the war. HONORABLE MENTION: CONCETTA TOMEI was outstanding as the gutsy Oriana Fallaci in Berkeley Rep production of Fallaci TAMAR COHN—as the old woman in Eugene Ionesco’s “The Chairs”. It was worth the price of admission to see her and co-star David Sinaiko in this splendid productions by Cutting Ball Theatre Company. . SALLY DANA gave an excellent portrayal of Regina in the Tide Theatre Production of Regina. She played it with more sympathy than the actresses I have saw in the past playing the same role. AMY RESNICK shines as the self-proclaimed ball busting Margaret in David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People presented by the Marin Theatre LORI HOLT is wonderful playing the fading Hollywood movie star in Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Berkeley Rep. Her take on absurd narcissism of the character is perfect. HEATHER ALICIA SIMMS stops the show with her vividly wild visions in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike presented by Berkeley Rep. . MARCIA PIZZO gave an impeccable performance as the overly attentive girlfriend Mary Ellen in The Happy Ones at the Magic Theatre. STACY ROSS rocked as the foreigner Alta. Her accent was perfect and her banter with her husband was hilarious in Central Rep production of The Language Achieve DANIELLE LEVIN was extremely skilled at using her face and gestures to represent Emma’s inner conflicts in Central Works production of The Language Achieve MARY BETH FISHER delivered fine, carefully considered performance as the poet Elizabeth Bishop in the Berkeley Rep production of Dear Elizabeth JOY CARLIN was impeccable as the 70 year old Meg in the Marin Theatre production of Beauty Queen of Leenane BETH WILMURT subtly conveys Maureen’s paralyzing lack of self-assurance and her mother’s frightening control over her existence in Beauty Queen of Leenane STACY ROSS gives a consummate performance as the ex-teacher in Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus at the Magic Theatre. Amazingly she is superb in an almost 10 minute opening soliloguy. CARRIE PAFF is marvelous as the subservient wife Belinda in the Aurora Production of “This is How It Goes”. She displays an aura of splintered confidence that seduces the audience by degrees.

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re: My Top Ten Actors in Non-Musicals Productions plus Honorable Mention of Performances

Posted by:	Richard Connema 09:24 pm EST 12/30/13
In reply to:	My Top Ten Actresses in Non-Musicals Productions plus Honorable Mention of Performances - Richard Connema 08:29 pm EST 12/30/13

THE TOP ACTORS IN NON MUSICALS OF 2013 MARK ANDERSON PHILIPS AND MARK BEDARD—the combination of these two in Samuel Becket’s “Waiting for Godot” was one of the great duo performances of the year. They brilliantly bicker in the manner of an old married couple. GABRIEL MARIN---gave an astonishing performance as a hopeful lose in “The Motherfker with the Hat”. Also for his performance as Donaldo the Borough president in “Storefront Church” at San Francisco Playhouse. DAVID SINAIKO as the Old Man in Eugene Ioneco’s ,“The Chairs” effortlessly commanded the stage and it was entirely convincing as the naive if pompous master of the mop and bucket. CRAIG MARKER---was outstanding as Greg in Neil LeBute’s “Reason to be Pretty” He came across as an interesting manual on how to make a bad situation worst. PATRICK KELLY JONES gives a brilliant performance as Alexander Herzen the central character in Tom Stoppard’s Coast of Utopia: Voyage and Shipwreck”. His speech at the end of the production is powerful. All three gave outstanding performances L. PETER CALLENDER, TOBIE WINDHAM AND NICHOLAS PELCZAR in “The Whipping Man”. It would be hard to separate the three since all three were superb. MARK ANDERSON PHILIPS—was fantastic as Faustus in The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus”” He handled the rich verse wonderfully in his cerebral edginess. DAN CLAGG was wonderful bring charm and skill in his performance of Romeo in Cal Shakes’ production of “Romeo and Juliet”. RON GNAPP as grandfather Dodge commanded the Magic Theatre stage from the beginning to the end of the production of Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child”. Also an astounding performance in San Francisco Playhouse of “Storefront Church”. RAY REINHRDT. It was great to see Ray back on stage this year in San Francisco Playhouse production of Storefront ChurchHe is a supreme professional and just watching him was fantastic. --------------------- HONORABLE MENTION --------------------- PATRICK ALPARONE gave a gripping performance as Vince and he ably bestrides the central inconsistency in the character in the Magic Theatre Production of Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child” JOE ESTLACK—gave a nuance performance as Clyde in the Shotgun Players production of “Bonnie and Clyde”. The chemistry between him and Bonnie was believable. ANTHONY FUSCO stopped the show in his long, impassioned, exhausting speech non-stop about besmirched nature of contemporary culture with funny zest in Berkeley Rep production of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” PATRICK RUSSELL—gave a consummate performances as a womanizer sexist pig in Reason to be Pretty” at SF Playhouse. CHAD DEVERMAN gave an intense performance as Kit in Word for Word production of You Know Where the Men Are Gone” DAN HAITT AND PATRICK RUSSELL in Old Wicked Songs”. Both were brilliant in the roles of Professor Mashkan and the uptight American Stephan his pupil. RUDY GUERRERO was outstanding in the supporting role of fastidious bodybuilder Julio in “The MotherfWith the Hat a SF Playhouse Production. SEAN SAN JOSE gave a marvelous performance ranging from inconceivable range of emotions from ferocious delivery to understated nuance in Octavia Solis’s Si Llama Christina at the Magic Theatre. JULIAN LOPEZ MORILLAS was superb as the vengeance seeking Judge Hieronimo in the Elizabethan tragedy The Spanish Tragedy” presented by Marin Shakespeare Company. ALDO BILLINGLSEA as Lord Windermere gave a genuine dignity and seriousness to his character in the California Shakespeare production of Lady Windermere’ Fan MICHAEL RAY WISELY gave in flawless performance as Schmitz in the Aurora Theatre production of The Arsonists MARK ANDERSON PHILIPS—was outstanding in Good People playing the perplexing character Mike. His “southie” accent was perfect. GABRIEL MARIN gave a perfect performance as marine Tom in Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo He gave animosity and sedated humanity to the character. CRAIG MARKER superbly played the dimwitted man/child marine Kev to perfection in Bengal Tiger at Baghdad Zoo WILL MARCHETTI played the tiger with stunningly deadpan humor that controverted the haunted look in his eyes in Bengal Tiger HOWARD SWINE was outstanding as Rustin and he gave hilarious exchanging leprous retaliations about his wife food in The Language Exhangeat Central Works. TOM NELIS is perfect at the poet Robert Lowell in the Berkeley Rep production of Dear Elizabeth. He is suitably disheveled as the poet Lowell. His manner impressively is self-assured and agonizingly needy by turns. CARL LUMBY gave a magnetic performance as the shy, almost immaturely soft-spoken man of unspecified age attending a dance at the community center in Mark O’Rowe’s Terminus a the Magic. SEAN SAN JOSE gave a wonderful thoughtful performance as Juan. He lend such earnestness to the center role of the production in Cal Shakes production of American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose RUDY GUERRERO was terrific playing Sam who was in love/hate relationship with Jack in Theatre Rhinoceros production of Drunk Enough to Say I Love You Sam Cohen who played Sam in the production was very convincing at playing the Brit Jack. He excellent acting decisions help move the play along. ALDO BILLINGSLEA is brilliant as Cody. He achieves the almost impossible feat of finding vicarious layers of susceptibly with the cold, cantankerous controlling Cody This in Aurora Theatre production of Neil La Bute’s This is How It Goes GABRIEL MARIN is perfect as the undependable MAN. He gives a sumptuously mannered performance. Also in Neil La Bute’s This is How It Goes The complete cast of Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness which consisted of Ryan Drummond, Brian Herndon, Patrick Kelly Jones and Sarah Moser presented by the Shotgun Players that is now playing.

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