Word: kellerman
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Director Jesse Kellerman '01 asked for a challenge with Gross Indecency, a recent play staged for the first time in 1997. Its runs in New York City and San Francisco have kept the professional theater community buzzing about the play's strength not only as a piece of theater but also about the difficulty of sustaining a courtroom drama whose energy comes from rhetoric rather than action...
directed by Jesse Kellerman...
...work; financial aid to cope with skyrocketing housing costs; and money for medical services, utility bills and funeral expenses. Federal, state and local aid for these basics is dwindling. Private philanthropy too often shies away from providing "direct service" and does not adequately help needy, hard-working families. PHILIP KELLERMAN, PRESIDENT Harvest of Hope Foundation Oneonta...
3M1W, a compilation of five short plays by Jesse Kellerman '01, is a surprising and delightful comic bombardment of some of America's most entrenched institutions. Kellerman's creation aptly skewers everything from the scientific method to modern fashion. The remarkably versatile cast, comprised of, surprisingly enough, three men (John Keefe '01, David Modigliani '02 and Jonathan Steinberger '00) and one woman (Catherine Gowl '02), flies through the two hours of sketch comedy with veteran timing and delivery. Each of the short plays runs about 20 minutes and covers a single topic; science, government, gender equality, higher education and higher...
...only real problem with the production lies, ironically, at its core. Kellerman's script, though remarkably funny and generally well-crafted, is already out of date. The ideas propagated, though certainly accurate, possess political overtones that make them seem several decades behind the production itself: governmental inefficiency, women's rights and the pretentiousness of fashion are all devices that have been bandied about, hashed and re-hashed since the 1960's. Kellerman's most innovative and, incidentally, funniest moments come from the somewhat fresher ideas of science and education. If they continues to refine their comic ideas, Kellerman and company...