What’s Your Wish?
Thicket &Thistle
Access Theatre Space
February 26, 2016
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| Photo courtesy of Thicket & Thistle |
Thicket
and Thistle celebrated a short run of their production of What’s Your Wish? at the Access Theater space on February 26 and
27. You might have seen this show at the
NY Fringe Festival in August 2016. It is
funny, bright, refreshing, and endearing.
This performance truly achieves the company’s mission to “strive to
surprise and delight, to enchant and enlighten… to challenge audiences to break
down the 4th wall and meet the performers half way.”
It
is Nicholas’ sixteenth birthday. He is
very saddened that he did not get the car he wanted. Instead he got an heirloom watch and an
enchanted book. Nicholas and his best
friend, Brian, are sucked into the book when they reluctantly open it and begin
reading. The only way back to the real
world is to go through the death forest and ask the Enchantress to grant their
wish. The show is a grown-up musical
tale about friendship, truth, disappointment, and sacrifice.
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| The cast of What's Your Wish? Photo courtesy of Thicket & Thistle |
The
ensemble is amazing. Kyle Acherson and
Sam DeRoest have great chemistry and authenticity as best friends Nicholas and
Brian. Joshua Stenseth is charming and
hysterical as Nicholas’ Step-Dad and Old Vern.
Corley Pillsbury doubles as Nicholas’ Mom and the Enchantress. Both characters are playfully intense. Lindsay Zaroogian shows her broad range as
Nicholas’ younger, goth sister and the optimistic fairy. Not only does each cast member play an
instrument throughout the performance (guitar, flute, mandolin, accordion, and
kazoo), but they are part of the creative team who collaboratively wrote and composed the show along with
Director, Jonathan Eric Foster and Producer / Managing Director, Sarah
George. Mr. Foster’s directing and
staging is sharp and witty.
Unfortunately,
this was a short, one-weekend run. Check
Thicket and Thistle’s webpage and Facebook page for upcoming performance dates of What’s Your Wish? Keep your eyes on this company. They are doing unique and great work!
Domenick Danza
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