Rep Lab 2013: Alone World
Lyrics by Carl Kissin, Music by Rob Baumgartner

Rep Lab, Milwaukee Rep, March 2013

Jack - Teddy Spencer
Edie - Bri Sudia
Ensemble - Jonathan Altman, Emily Berman, Lamar Jefferson, Toni Linn Martin, Jessi Noel, Tyrone Marcus Phillips, Jess Prichard, Jamie Rezanour, Trequon Tate, Mercedes White, J.R. Yancher

Director - Leda Hoffmann
Music Director and
Choreographer - Lindsey Schmeltzer
Lighting Designer - Jeremy Dominik
Costume Designer - Haley Jaeger
Props Designer - Lisa Griebel
Stage Manager - Marissa Robinson

REVIEWS

Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

"As was true last year, this year's plays - there are eight, presented over two hours and split evenly by an intermission - focus on our frequently thwarted efforts to forge connections with those around us.

The ensemble introduces this theme in the first play - and first-ever Rep Lab musical: Carl Kissin's "Alone World," which explores how technology has left us more isolated than ever, even as we assiduously tally our growing number of online friends and followers.

Directed by Leda Hoffmann, "Alone World" uses all 13 Rep acting interns, with 11 of them forming a balletic chorus that comments on the halting courtship between Jack (Teddy Spencer) and Edie (a consistently impressive, vocally gifted Bri Sudia).

Being human, Kissin suggests, requires learning to unplug - and remembering that the electric charge produced through actual physical contact provides a much greater jolt than any online hookup."

Link to full review

Teddy Spencer. Photo by Ray Spears.

Photo by Ray Spears

Bri Sudia. Photo by Ray Spears.

Teddy Spencer, Bri Sudia, and ensemble. Photo by Josh Gren.

Teddy Spencer and Bri Sudia. Photo by Josh Gren.

Emily Berman. Photo by Josh Gren.

Teddy Spencer and Bri Sudia. Photo by Josh Gren.

Teddy Spencer and Bri Sudia. Photo by Josh Gren.