"The Actor's Workshop of Ithaca Theatre Company, who in their first season have excelled in the business of entertainment for the under 40 set, has decided to turn to the entertainment business for the last full show of the year. While earlier plays have included a psycho-sexual drama, a post-apocalyptic dystopia, a politically charged dramatic monologue and an absurdist fantasy, their latest offering is John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs and a Bone." For a company that has spent the better part of a year pushing boundaries, Shanley's satire about Hollywood in New York seems if not toothless, then certainly tame in comparison. Of course, what's more mellow for the workshop, who will mount the play at Risley Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, and at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 10-11, is at the extreme of what any other upstate New York group might consider.
The brisk hour and a half two act centers on two female actors - one more experienced than the other - a sleazy male producer and a naïve first time screenwriter. Barbed with juicy bits of dialogue like 'it's grotesque Kabuki!' and 'an idiot, I hope, savant,' the play promises to be better than whatever's at your local multiplex. . ." (read full Ithaca Times article)
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