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...Benjamin??s adventures begin when he signs up for Cletus Fest, the best young fantasy writers’ convention in the state. En route to the convention by schoolbus, he meets Tabatha (Halley Feiffer), just back from Belgium, who claims to write French mysteries about a stable hand named Pierre. Tabatha sees potential in “Yeast Lords,” and with the help of her friend Lonnie Donaho (Héctor Jiménez), who has a speech impediment, a bowl haircut, and most importantly, a production company, she decides to turn it into...
...probably wonders why race and class discrepancies still exist in childhood learning. While Edgar informs Horace Mann about Teach for America, the waiter takes his order, pragmatism. Franklin’s eyes consider a second entrée, but just then the professional voice of Dr. Osler comments upon Benjamin??s expanding girth...
...Guha’s direction effectively focused the characters toward satirical representations that were highly appropriate for Benjamin??s script...
...Secret Lives of Umbrellas” often evoked the banter between Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” full of rapid-fire exchanges and comic misunderstandings. But where Beckett took on themes like salvation and the human condition, Benjamin??s play sidestepped anything too poignant...
...refusing to humanize its characters, “The Secret Lives of Umbrellas” made it impossible to empathize with the characters of the play. Effectively, it condemned itself to frivolity. This fact was not exactly a defect—it seemed to be a fundamental characteristic of Benjamin??s vision—but she has still curiously prevented her work from attaining a sense of depth...