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Not Enough Air

Presented by Central Square Theater at Central Square Theater

February 11-March 14, 2010

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Local playwright Masha Obolensky electrifies with Not Enough Air (February 11 - March 14), a “vivid” and “riveting” script, in its East Coast Premiere by The Nora Theatre Company. Drawn into the sensational 1920’s murder trial of Ruth Snyder, famed journalist-turned-playwright, Sophie Treadwell, finds herself compelled to give voice to Ruth’s story through her landmark play, Machinal.

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    Central Square Theater

    450 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA 02139

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    $35 for adults, $25 for seniors, $20 for students, and $15 student rush, when available.

    Info Phone: 866-811-4111

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  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    February 11-March 14, 2010

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    Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, with matinees on Sundays at 2 PM There will be a special added Sunday evening performance at 7 PM on February 14.

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    • Event Name: Not Enough Air
      "Time to Murder and Create"
      Review posted by: Bill Marx/The Arts Fuse from Somerville, MA, Feb 27, 2010
      

      Unsurprisingly, "Not Enough Air" teems with interrogatives, many of its scenes punctuated with performers proffering staccato Whos, Hows, and Whys. Masha Obolensky’s compelling play explores the... Expand

      Unsurprisingly, "Not Enough Air" teems with interrogatives, many of its scenes punctuated with performers proffering staccato Whos, Hows, and Whys. Masha Obolensky’s compelling play explores the evolution of "Machinal," the celebrated 1928 expressionist drama by journalist/playwright Sophie Treadwell, which was inspired by questions raised by the notorious Ruth Snyder/Judd Gray murder trial—why did this woman kill? And why the pitiless and sensational media stalking of Snyder, the first woman sentenced to death by electrocution? Collapse

    • Event Name: Not Enough Air
      "Not Enough Air is Not To Be Missed"
      Review posted by: Jill Geiger from Newton, MA, Feb 23, 2010
      

      A great show on many levels. The story/subject matter is fascinating and thought-provoking and the production is excellent - very well-acted and very well-staged. The precise lighting changes... Expand

      A great show on many levels. The story/subject matter is fascinating and thought-provoking and the production is excellent - very well-acted and very well-staged. The precise lighting changes accompanying the scene changes contribute to the mood evoked by what's happening and the time period in which the story takes place. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Not Enough Air
      "Time to Murder and Create"
      Review posted by: Bill Marx/The Arts Fuse from Somerville, MA, Feb 27, 2010
      

      Unsurprisingly, "Not Enough Air" teems with interrogatives, many of its scenes punctuated with performers proffering staccato Whos, Hows, and Whys. Masha Obolensky’s compelling play explores the... Expand

      Unsurprisingly, "Not Enough Air" teems with interrogatives, many of its scenes punctuated with performers proffering staccato Whos, Hows, and Whys. Masha Obolensky’s compelling play explores the evolution of "Machinal," the celebrated 1928 expressionist drama by journalist/playwright Sophie Treadwell, which was inspired by questions raised by the notorious Ruth Snyder/Judd Gray murder trial—why did this woman kill? And why the pitiless and sensational media stalking of Snyder, the first woman sentenced to death by electrocution? Collapse

    • Event Name: Not Enough Air
      "Not Enough Air is Not To Be Missed"
      Review posted by: Jill Geiger from Newton, MA, Feb 23, 2010
      

      A great show on many levels. The story/subject matter is fascinating and thought-provoking and the production is excellent - very well-acted and very well-staged. The precise lighting changes... Expand

      A great show on many levels. The story/subject matter is fascinating and thought-provoking and the production is excellent - very well-acted and very well-staged. The precise lighting changes accompanying the scene changes contribute to the mood evoked by what's happening and the time period in which the story takes place. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Not Enough Air
      Article: A murder, a playwright, and the creative process
      Boston Globe/Boston.com - Feb 22, 2010
      By Louise Kennedy

      CAMBRIDGE - Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 play, “Machinal,’’ is a masterpiece of American Expressionism that was nearly forgotten until the 1990s. With any luck, local playwright Masha Obolensky’s finely crafted play about “Machinal’’ and Treadwell, “Not E… Expand

      CAMBRIDGE - Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 play, “Machinal,’’ is a masterpiece of American Expressionism that was nearly forgotten until the 1990s. With any luck, local playwright Masha Obolensky’s finely crafted play about “Machinal’’ and Treadwell, “Not Enough Air,’’ won’t suffer the same fate Collapse

    • Event Name: Not Enough Air
      Article: ‘Not Enough Air’ is breathtaking
      Boston Herald - Feb 22, 2010
      By Jenna Scherer

      The act of writing is seldom as romantic or dramatic as portrayed in popular media. You know the trope: a divinely inspired author sits at his typewriter with a flourish and beats out a story like a symphony.
      
      No, the act of creation is a… Expand

      The act of writing is seldom as romantic or dramatic as portrayed in popular media. You know the trope: a divinely inspired author sits at his typewriter with a flourish and beats out a story like a symphony.
      
      No, the act of creation is a lot messier and uglier than that. In Masha Obolensky’s “Not Enough Air,” the writing process is portrayed in all its grotesque, compulsive fervor. It’s based on a true story, but Obolensky knows that, once in your head, the shadows of real people tend to take on a life of their own. Collapse