60 Miles To Silver Lake at Studio Theatre

60 Miles To Silver Lake

Studio Theatre
1501 14th St. NW Washington

A father and son barrel down a highway in a car where nothing is what it seems and everything can change in an instant. In this new play by one of America’s fastest rising young writers, a sixty mile drive can be the ride of a lifetime.

Thru - May 16, 2010

Stage: Studio 2nd Stage

Show Type: Comedy/Drama

Box Office: 202-332-3300

Running Time: 1hr 15 mins

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60 Miles To Silver Lake Reviews

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Washington Post - Somewhat Recommended

"...It doesn't add up to much more than a parlor trick. As time compresses, the show accelerates as if the gas pedal's stuck, and the acting takes on a grotesque quality, the characters riffing on their pathetic performances as warped father and son, trapped in a journey of alienation. The theatrics are swell...but are we there yet?"

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- Nelson Pressley

MetroWeekly - Highly Recommended

"...Sixty Miles to Silver Lake is not, unfortunately, a story with which we are unfamiliar. Even as rights to marry are being gained, some same-sex couples are raising the question of how to navigate the legal questions raised by their desire to divorce. In some of these situations – and divorces not yet dreamed of ever taking place – there will be children involved."

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- Tom Avila

Washington City Paper - Recommended

"...Luciana Stecconi’s set thickens the air of mortality, hanging six Volvo hatchbacks behind the skeleton car the two actors inhabit, an image that suggests stacked caskets almost as readily as it does a bumper-to-bumper gridlock. And about those actors: Wow. Sonntag and Mancasui don’t get a second’s rest, and the emotional leaps demanded of them are as long and jarring as the temporal ones. It isn’t a comfortable ride, this journey from “When are we going to get there?” to “What are we going to get?” But the account of the trip is truthful and revelatory."

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- Chris Klimek

BrightestYoungThings - Recommended

"...While mostly a success, director Serge Seiden makes two minor missteps that (thankfully) don’t undermine the play’s overall quality. A chime dings whenever time propels forward or back, and while it’s mostly helpful, it becomes downright annoying when it accelerates. There is a point to the rapid-fire time changes (aspects of father/son relationships never change), yet snippets of dialogue and nonstop dinging are a distraction. Moreover, the actors must readjust their position every time there’s a ding, and their movement appears stilted and unintentionally awkward. Coupled with an ethereal conclusion, the use of voiceover is never quite clear, so it adds little meaning to the action."

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- Alan Zilberman

DCTheatreScene - Highly Recommended

Director Serge Seiden's refinement of Dan LeFranc's play's fidget-worthy strings of dialogue will leave some audiences dumbstruck by its honesty.

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- Phil Calabro

60 Miles To Silver Lake at Studio Theatre