The Soiree
The Soiree
Written and performed by Amanda Huotari
Directed by Avner Eisenberg
Celebration Barn Theater
Blue Venue, 2010 Orlando International Fringe Festival</strong>
An elegant evening deserves a bottle of wine. Or two. Or three. Elizabeth preps for a soiree with the famous and near famous – she sets out the wine, fixes her hair and spills the carrots. But as an audience we are too refined to notice, and everyone acts relaxed as she opens her home. Always the good hostess, she makes introductions, forces mingling and teaches us some very basic French. It might even be accurate, but as she points out, the best place to speak French is where there are no actual French speakers. Her alter ego Dolce is tonight’s “talent”, and while she prepares we entertain ourselves with a game of Pop the Balloons as a famous artist sketches Elizabeth and she reads a romance novel while hula hooping. Dolce appears dramatically to presenting a Female Melodrama, and soon the wine is gone but spirits are high, and the evening ends. This is a sweet, fun show that seems lost down at end of the Blue Venue hall, and worth seeing. Even if Dolce or Elizabeth hauls you up on stage you will never fell the bone chilling fear of public failure. That’s the sign of a good hostess.
This event is part of the 2010 Orlando International Fringe Festival. For schedule and ticket information, please visit http://OrlandoFringe.org
