The Receptionist

Our next outing is the Manhattan Theatre Club production of The Receptionist. By Adam Bock, the play is a comedy--with implications. Bock's writing style is intentionally inarticulate, leaving more space for actors (and audience) to determine a line's meaning. However, this technique also creates a challenge for actors as the short lines remove the opportunity to think once they have begun speaking. The play runs an hour and ten minutes.

See what you can find out about Bock's work before we attend the show.

9 students will be seeing the play on Friday October 19th at 8pm after class. 5 students will see it on Sunday October 21st at 7pm with Eric Ost. MTC's City Center is on West 55th St between 6th and 7th Aves.

You can take the N/R/Q to 57th St to get there (exit at the back of the station at 55th and walk east a half block), or the E/V to Fifth Avenue/53rd St (walk north on Fifth and west a block and a half on 55th), or the F to 57th (walk south on 6th two blocks then west on 55th), or the B/D to 7th Ave (you can figure that one out).

See you on Friday! Don't forget to email your review of The Overwhelming to me at eisadavis@hotmail.com by the morning of the 19th, and bring in a hard copy to class. And for those of you who didn't see The Overwhelming, please write a review of Scarcity or of a play you have seen in the past.