Reviewed by Judy Richter
Beane is a young man with serious
issues of low self-esteem and deep depression. The relationship between his
older sister, Joan, and her husband, Harry, has gone stale. Everything changes
when an audacious young burglar, Molly, breaks into Beane's dreary apartment
one night and becomes his lover. Beane becomes a new man, talkative, energetic,
optimistic. His enthusiasm rubs off on Joan and Harry, who rekindle the passion
they felt when they first met.
That's
the basic plot line of "Love Song" by John Kolvenbach, the one-act play that Marin
Theatre Company's
new artistic director, Jasson Minadakis, has chosen to open his first season and to make
his directoral debut with. He has chosen well, for it's an amusing comedy with
some unexpected twists. He also has chosen his cast well with Darren Bridgett
as the almost
catatonic Beane, Julia Brothers as the abrasive Joan, Steve Irish as the somewhat
passive-aggressive Harry and Jody Flader as the volatile Molly. Will Springhorn Jr. completes the cast as a waiter.
Minadakis
has also chosen his design team well with Eric E. Sinkkonen for the sets, Laura Hazlett for the costumes, Kurt
Landisman for
the lighting and Steve Schoenbeck for the sound. Minadakis blends them all together to
create an entertaining evening of theater.