Aug. 12, 2009 - Issue #721: Fringe Festival 2009
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Life in a Box
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Geoffrey's life slowly begins to unravel when he gets a call from an orphaned bubble boy who was supposed to just be a story. Brent Hirose leans on parodic comedy for much of Life in a Box—an overzealous detective, a bitchy sister and, most successfully, a news anchor breaking down over getting dumped by his fiance—but it's a testament to his ability that he still manages to make the show genuinely affecting, whether he's portraying the trapped boy wondering what's going to happen to him or drawing a pathetic little smile on a stand-in goldfish. Ultimately, it's a touching and funny play all about what happens when the stories we've created won't stay on the page.
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