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Reckless 
November 13-December 12, 2009
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Note: Paula Plum will be leaving Reckless after the Sunday 12/6 3pm matinee. Maureen Keiller will step in to perform her roles for the final week of the run, from Tuesday 12/8 thru Saturday 12/12.
From playwright Craig Lucas (The Light in the Piazza) comes this darkly comic tale of a modern-day Alice in a perilous winter wonderland. When Rachel is forced to flee her home on Christmas Eve, she embarks on a series of comic misadventures that test her belief that it is indeed a wonderful life. Scott Edmiston directs an all-star Boston cast that includes Barlow Adamson, Marianna Bassham, Larry Coen, Kerry A. Dowling, Sandra Heffley, Will McGarrahan, Karl Baker Olson and Paula Plum.
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Venue Info
Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
527 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116 -
Admission Info
Tickets: *Reg Adult tickets: $47 Tuesday-Friday *Reg Adult tickets: $50 Saturday & Sunday *Students/Seniors: $5 off at all times *Flat rate $30 gallery seats (row K) *Student rush: $14, 1 hour before curtain with a valid student ID
Info Phone: 617.933.8600
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Dates & Times
Dates:
November 13-December 12, 2009Times:
Wednesday & Thursday : 7:30pm
Friday : 8:00pm
Saturday : 4:00pm and 8:00pm
Sunday : 3:00pm
**Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 7:30pm**
**Tuesday November 24th at 7:30pm**
**No performance on Thursday November 26th** -
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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.
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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
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"Maureen Keiller is a fantastic Rachel"
Review posted by: Ted from Hingham, MA, Dec 13, 2009
Just saw Reckless last night with Maureen Keiller as Rachel. She was fantastic; five stars for her. The play was a wonderful twist on the traditional Christmas-time stories. No Jimmie Stewart, but... Expand
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Event Name: Reckless
"Boston lowbrow review"
Comment posted by: Boston lowbrow from Boston, Dec 04, 2009
Posted a review on Boston lowbrow here, http://www.bostonlowbrow.com/2009/11/inverted-christmas-trees-speakeasys-reckless/
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Event Name: Reckless
"well-staged"
Review posted by: christine mitchell from Boston MA, Dec 04, 2009
A funny, thought-provoking and definitely not sentimental holiday play. The staging was excellent and the main characters memorable, albeit rather stereotypical. We enjoyed it very much.
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Event Name: Reckless
"a new fan of speakeasy."
Comment posted by: Annie from Simsbury, Ct., Dec 03, 2009
I loved it. The cast was very talented. A real switch from any other Christmas tale. GO SEE IT!!
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Event Name: Reckless
"great cast super fun entertainment"
Review posted by: boston man from cambridge ma, Dec 03, 2009
we loved the show thought it was very clever and a top notch cast another speakeasy winner
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Event Name: Reckless
"Don't Bother"
Review posted by: lmvw from New Hampshire, Nov 22, 2009
I just saw this play, and it's one of the worst I have ever seen--and I've seen a lot!
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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.
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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
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Event Name: Reckless
"Maureen Keiller is a fantastic Rachel"
Review posted by: Ted from Hingham, MA, Dec 13, 2009
Just saw Reckless last night with Maureen Keiller as Rachel. She was fantastic; five stars for her. The play was a wonderful twist on the traditional Christmas-time stories. No Jimmie Stewart, but... Expand
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Event Name: Reckless
"Boston lowbrow review"
Comment posted by: Boston lowbrow from Boston, Dec 04, 2009
Posted a review on Boston lowbrow here, http://www.bostonlowbrow.com/2009/11/inverted-christmas-trees-speakeasys-reckless/
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Event Name: Reckless
"well-staged"
Review posted by: christine mitchell from Boston MA, Dec 04, 2009
A funny, thought-provoking and definitely not sentimental holiday play. The staging was excellent and the main characters memorable, albeit rather stereotypical. We enjoyed it very much.
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Event Name: Reckless
"a new fan of speakeasy."
Comment posted by: Annie from Simsbury, Ct., Dec 03, 2009
I loved it. The cast was very talented. A real switch from any other Christmas tale. GO SEE IT!!
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Event Name: Reckless
"great cast super fun entertainment"
Review posted by: boston man from cambridge ma, Dec 03, 2009
we loved the show thought it was very clever and a top notch cast another speakeasy winner
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Event Name: Reckless
"Don't Bother"
Review posted by: lmvw from New Hampshire, Nov 22, 2009
I just saw this play, and it's one of the worst I have ever seen--and I've seen a lot!
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Event Name: Reckless
Article: ‘Reckless’ is a dark comedy just in time for Christmas
The Patriot Ledger - Nov 19, 2009
By Iris FangerTime was when holiday theatricals meant taking the children to one or another of the familiar productions of “The Nutcracker” or “A Christmas Carol.”
Not so fast. Theater companies staging Christmas-time entertainments are searching the… ExpandTime was when holiday theatricals meant taking the children to one or another of the familiar productions of “The Nutcracker” or “A Christmas Carol.”
Not so fast. Theater companies staging Christmas-time entertainments are searching the dark side, but sometimes managing to come up with happy endings despite the contemporary angst.
Such a play is “Reckless” by Craig Lucas, a black comedy he started writing in 1982. Set on a series of successive Christmas Eves, the play begins when the sweet, babbling Rachel, enthralled by wrapping gifts and a huge snowfall, is told by her depressed husband that he has put a contract out on her life and she must flee the house before the gunman arrives. Merry Christmas, darling. The play spirals out from Rachel’s weird exodus into the snow, alone, dressed only in a nightgown and slippers, to leave home, children and her purse behind. Collapse -
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Article: Dodging Death
The Boston Phoenix - Nov 19, 2009
By Carolyn ClayEven 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… Expand
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. Collapse
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Article: SpeakEasy’s new play is beautifully ‘Reckless’
The Tufts Daily - Nov 19, 2009
By Michelle BeehlerTrue 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 reperc… Expand
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. Collapse
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Article: A razor-sharp ride on the ‘Reckless’ side
The Boston Globe - Nov 17, 2009
By Don AucoinIt’s a perilously fine line between endearingly ditzy and flat-out annoying. Sandy Dennis invariably crossed that line; Gracie Allen seldom did.
With her mobile features and her expert comic timing, Marianna Bassham stays on the right si… ExpandIt’s a perilously fine line between endearingly ditzy and flat-out annoying. Sandy Dennis invariably crossed that line; Gracie Allen seldom did.
With her mobile features and her expert comic timing, Marianna Bassham stays on the right side of that line in the SpeakEasy Stage Company’s razor-sharp production of Craig Lucas’s “Reckless.’’ Collapse
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