CANNED PEACHES IN SYRUP


Seeing a show at the Furious Theatre in Pasadena is a virtual guarantee of a 
brilliantly acted and staged production. Dámaso Rodriguez and his furiously 
fearless band of thespians invariably pick edgy and topical pieces of writing 
which they bring to vivid life upstairs at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Canned 
Peaches in Syrup is no exception.  Set in the not so distant future, in a world 
where food and water are so scarce that half the remaining inhabitants of our 
planet have turned to cannibalism to survive, Canned Peaches is, as they say, 
as topical as today’s headlines. It’s also an outrageously funny comedy, and a 
love story a la Romeo and Juliet to boot.
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MATTER OF HONOR


Near the beginning of Michael J. Chepiga’s Matter of Honor, the audience at
the Pasadena Playhouse is plunged into darkness. We hear a loud noise, like a
powerful echoing drumbeat, then a series of cries. A beating is taking place. We
know from that moment that we are in for a theatrical experience very much
out of ordinary.
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