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Vanities
Originally printed in the Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Edition of the Oregonian
Reviewed by Holly Johnson
For those of us whose worst nightmares are about being back in high school,
Jack Heifner's dated,
uneven play brings it all back. He introduces three young women whose idyllic
high school bubble is burst as real life crowds in on them.
Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre Company offers as intelligent a production
as possible of this superficial, unsatisfying comedy, whose trio are
two-dimensional from the get-go.
Still, director Trisha Pancio Armour
handles the material respectfully and somewhat creatively, and actors
Marci Cochran, Heather Lundy
and Kelsey Wingate occasionally excavate
moments of truth and humor in this sketch of teenage Texas cheerleaders who, in
a series of three short acts, grow up to face the grim realities of life in
decidedly different ways.
Jeff Seats' set design of three vanity
mirrors, nicely backlit by lighting design by Phil McBeth,
is outstanding, as is Martin John Gallagher's
sound design, which incorporates wind chimes to create a timeless quality.
"Vanities" plays in repertory at the company's eighth annual American Classics
Theatre Festival with "You Can't Take it With You"
and "Sunday Night by the Philco."
Continues 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 14;
Studio Theater, Mt. Hood Community College, 26000
S.E. Stark St., Gresham. $14-$17, 503-491-5950.
Holly Johnson: c/o The Oregonian A&E, 1320 S.W. Broadway, Portland, OR 97201.
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