“The Two Character Play is very much an in-house story that thespians will understand better than the wider public…But director Catherine Hill makes the text and storyline accessible to the wider audience.

The two characters run their own theatre company and are also actors who were once celebrated in the world of theatre.  They have endured one of the most traumatic childhoods imaginable and that past has finally rendered them incapable of running their once successful company.

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In many ways, this is a study in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in a time and place when it was not understood. The characters eventually descend into moments of madness. The play was inspired by Tennessee Williams’ sister Rose, who struggled with severe mental health issues.

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Winterfall Theatre’s production is gripping due to the talent, experience and skill of its two actors, Dennis Coard and Michele Williams. Both give expert performances as Felice and Clare respectively.

 

Dennis Coard embodies the essence of the eccentric Felice, an old-style thespian whose emotional coping mechanisms are beginning to fail.

 

Michele Williams plays Clare with multiple layers, an alcoholic and prescription drug abuser, whose initial theatrical abandon gives way to unimagined terror. Williams gradually reveals more of Clare’s madness with forensic accuracy.

 

There are very moving moments as we see each character’s fear of the outside world and watch them each try to unsuccessfully comfort one another.

 

The show also has great lighting (by Richard Vabre) and an evocative, original music score by Abe Pogos.

 

Try to catch the show before the season ends…”

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Time Out, August 19th, 2014