FRINGE REVIEW: Creditors

PAC specializes in inspired revivals of lesser-known, seldom-seen classics, and their riveting intimate production of Creditors is as emotionally violent as their vast and bloody Duchess of Malfi two years ago.

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FRINGE REVIEW: Creditors

POSTED: Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:22 AM

Every year, there's hundreds and hundreds of performances at the Philly Fringe and Live Arts Festival, and unless it's one of the big shows, it's sometimes hard to tell what you're going to get. Here at Critical Mass we're sending writers to as many shows as we possibly can for 75 pocket-sized reviews over the course of the fest. Check back in with us at On The Fringe every day for real talk on what these things actually are!

SHOW: Creditors

GROUP: Philadelphia Artists' Collective

GENRE: Theater

ATTENDED: Thu., Sept. 13, 8 p.m.

CLOSES: Sun., Sept. 23

BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: Past and present collide in Strindberg's Creditors, an intimate performance at the historical Franklin Inn. This searing drama examines the costs of love, jealousy, and the weight of our pasts. Presented by the PAC (Changes of Heart), and starring Krista Apple, Damon Bonetti, and Dan Hodge.

WE THINK: PAC specializes in inspired revivals of lesser-known, seldom-seen classics, and their riveting intimate production of Creditors is as emotionally violent as their vast and bloody Duchess of Malfi two years ago. The Franklin Inn Club's cozy library, seating fifty just inches from the action, hosts a stylish, sexy thriller about suave Gustav (Bonetti), who by his own admission gets into sculptor Adolph's (Hodge) head and "jams a stick in the works," poisoning his love for wife Tekla (Apple), an independent author on her second husband. "The last person a man should trust is his wife," Gustav purrs, and even while we chuckle, we know that when it comes to love twisted by jealousy, no one is above suspicion. While nudity and spectacle pull more attention during the Live Arts-Fringe Festivals, Creditors shows that nothing succeeds better than genuinely acted, smartly directed, down-and-dirty drama.

—Mark Cofta

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