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• Event Name: Reckless
  Article: Dodging Death
  The Boston Phoenix - Nov 19, 2009
  By Carolyn Clay

  Even the sweetest life can shatter in an instant, sending you through the looking glass like Alice. For the euphoric heroine of Craig Lucas's 1988...
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  Even the sweetest life can shatter in an instant, sending you through the looking glass like Alice. For the euphoric heroine of Craig Lucas's 1988 fable of holiday festivity and arbitrary mayhem, Reckless (being revived by SpeakEasy Stage Company at the Calderwood Pavilion through December 12), the moment of reckoning comes when her husband tearfully confesses, on Christmas Eve, that he has taken out a contract on her life. "Although I love you, you will have to leap;/Our dream of safety has to disappear," reads the quote from Auden on the frontispiece of the printed play. And leap Rachel must — in Scott Edmiston's affecting and extravagant production from gauzy-white-bedroom window into a red-and-green-trimmed, topsy-turvy Oz defined by upside-down Christmas trees, a twinkling galaxy of ornaments, and a soundtrack that includes "Mambo Santa Mambo" and "White Christmas" twanged on banjo.
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• Event Name: Reckless
  Article: SpeakEasy’s new play is beautifully ‘Reckless’
  The Tufts Daily - Nov 19, 2009
  By Michelle Beehler

  True to its name, the SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of “Reckless” is just that. Director Scott Edmiston’s interpretation is reckless...
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  True to its name, the SpeakEasy Stage Company’s production of “Reckless” is just that. Director Scott Edmiston’s interpretation is reckless in its spirit, script and style, exemplifying the show’s invocation to take risks despite the potential repercussions. The show’s morals and life lessons are not purely inspirational. “Reckless” writer Craig Lucas (writer of “Prelude to a Kiss,” 1990) created a quirky, tragic and incredibly honest script that culminates in a surprising climax for a Christmas-centered play.
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• Event Name: Reckless
  "Fun"
  Comment posted by: Elaine from Jamaica Plain, Dec 17, 2009
  

  A wonderful antidote to traditional holiday fare! Just plain fun. And with a message, too.

  A wonderful antidote to traditional holiday fare! Just plain fun. And with a message, too.

• Event Name: Reckless
  "Reckless: Places you will go"
  Review posted by: L.S. Jacobs from Methuen, MA USA, Dec 17, 2009
  

  One day, you wake up ready for a joyous holiday season. Suddenly, you find out your husband decides to have you killed. With a guilty conscience, he helps you escape and the places you will go... Expand

  One day, you wake up ready for a joyous holiday season. Suddenly, you find out your husband decides to have you killed. With a guilty conscience, he helps you escape and the places you will go to grow. Reckless is a mystery tour around and back to find out who you may become after the ups and downs of life punch you around. This cast was wonderful as you journeyed with them to a satisfying conclusion. There were laughs, twists and turns artfully played by the cast. Marianne Bashem and Paula Plum in multiple roles were outstanding. Seven of us attended and each one of us enjoyed the matinee. Collapse

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