“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” So said J. Robert Oppenheimer of his work on the atomic bomb, quoting the Bhagavad Gita. There’s grief and guilt in the statement, as well a daunting realization of just what he’s unleashed on the world. But as you think about it, you also catch a note of megalomaniacal power. We hear the same power in the voice of The Pilot,
Archives for September 2014
REVIEW: Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s “Grounded”
With her exceptionally adroit interpretation of a military pilot wobbling on the edge of sanity, Laura Norman is reason enough to see the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s daunting production of “Grounded.” Of course, she’s also the only one in this 90-minute show. But she’s so compelling that at points, you expect her husband, doctor, supervisor or seat-warmer to stride on stage. As the story begins, she is
Going for the Heart Actor and director excels at finding a play’s ‘human core’
Rebecca Remaly lets out a laugh when she remembers back to 2006, the year she and her husband, Stephen Weitz, started Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company. She then compares the venture to getting a dog when you’re in college. Fun idea? Sure. A little naive? Oh, yes. “We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into,” Remaly says. “But, you know, we’ve kept the puppy.” That former puppy
Josh Hartwell Takes Off This Week With ‘Grounded’, ‘Dylan Went Electric’
Josh Hartwell, writer, actor and director, is one of the area’s treasures. A modest, diffident soul, he seems to prefer being out of the limelight, but we recently named him one of our 100 Colorado Creatives, and he’ll be getting even more attention this week, when he directs George Brant’s one-woman play Grounded, which won plaudits in both London and New York, for the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s first production