2011

JANUARY - Cinderella, by Nicholas Linnehan and music by Ian Wehrle -

SPRING 2011 SHOW- BAD SEED-
“A…pitch-perfect production being done by Nicu’s Spoon, Honestly, I can’t recommend this tiny production highly enough to any serious student or fan of early ’50s culture and especially sincere Hollywood movies. Nicu’s Spoon is thus offering an array of New Yorkers one of the richest treats of the spring season. I should add that, like all of the very best of camp, there’s a dark undercurrent that’s actually scary — all the scarier for its context.” Steve Weinstein, EDGE NYC

“One is grateful to Nicu’s Spoon for giving us a rare glimpse at his original look at evil beneath seeming innocence. It ends far more creepily and satisfyingly than the movie, and the author’s penchant for high-flown poesy is kept well in check.” Marc Miller, BACKSTAGE

“The last scene of the play is powerful. With the right elements in place, this play is as chilling now as it surely was fifty years ago. Stand out acting!” Julie Feltman, THEATRE IS EASY

The World Premiere of ‘How the Day Runs Down’ by John Langan

“I suppose you could say I’m biased, but I like to think that, having written the thing in the first place, my standards for its performance were especially high. The actors did not disappoint; while all of them delivered fine performances, the two pillars of the show were Mark Armstrong and Elizabeth Bell. As the Stage Manager, he immediately established a free and easy rapport with the audience that gave his narration of and commentary on the play’s events a kind of downhome authority; as Mary, she held the audience spellbound with her account of the disaster that befalls her character’s family. Honestly, I could not have asked for two better actors. Although there’s humor in it, this is not zombie as camp experience; this is a narrative that becomes ever-more bleak–as it was intended to be.” John Langan, Playwright

“In a seemigly Our Town-esque meets Dawn of the Dead meets Spoon River Anthology inspired production citizens of a quiet upstate New York town relay their stories of terror and survival in a changing world. Attending a PACKED performance last Friday evening during a rainstorm was perfectly apropos.’ Clare Deming, SCI-FI AND OTHER ODYSSEYS

Though the overt violence occurs off-stage zombies are an ever forboding presence. Live sound scapes, errie dim lighting that allows actors to lurk in shadows add to the tension. The Spoon’s production team creates the shell of what feels like a much larger world. Using pared down resources; a stark set that leaves nowhere for actors to take shelter (or weapons to fight with), exceptional special effects make up and costumes (S. Barton-Farcas), supported by a simple, expertly executed green tinged lighting design and practical flashlights (Steven Wolfe)-the effect is beautifully grotesque.” Jody Christopherson, NY THEATER REVIEW