Show: Self-Helpless
Company: Pail & Shovel Party Productions
Venue: Acadia
Die Roll: 11
This is a play that revolves around a set of characters that are all confronting their fears. One of which is stage-fright. Ironically, one of the leads, two days before the festival, declared themselves too afraid, and dropped out of the show. I kid you not. The replacement actress did a good job of filling in, though, so kudos to her.
The show itself was slow moving, and the jokes were few and far between. It had the feel of an improv skit that was funny the first time around and then repeated a couple of times until the energy was no longer fresh and the jokes no longer humorous. A lot of the humor that comes along with improv is that it is spontaneous. A lot of it loses its luster on the second showing. So it feels with this show.
Side thing... If the entire audience looks at the speakers each time you play a sound cue, you've set the levels too high. Turn 'em down.
RATING: "d8 - Not Bad, Not Great"
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