Tender Napalm at Signature Theatre

Tender Napalm

Signature Theatre
4200 Campbell Avenue Arlington

A pair of young lovers creates a fantastical, often violent, world through an interweaving dialogue of increasing perplexity. At the heart of their fantasies lies an unimaginable tragedy that both bonds and breaks the two. Fused with raw energy, the couple blurs the distinction of truth and illusion in this battle-of-the-sexes wild ride.

Thru - May 11, 2014

Tuesdays: 7:30pm

Wednesdays: 7:30pm

Thursdays: 8:00pm

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm & 7:00pm

Price: $39 - $86

Show Type: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, no intermission

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Washington Post - Recommended

"...Harris and Zafir necessarily do the heaviest lifting, and they are so personable and so seemingly connected that they pull it off. As tricky and even as repulsive as Ridley’s script can be, they keep you listening."

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- Nelson Pressley

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...You know those moments in life that seem to transport you to another state of being, and feel like an out-of-body experience? How about those moments when it feels like the world is moving in slow motion all around you? What if, in these moments, your partner/lover was right there with you? What if, when you were transported to a supernatural mental headspace, this other person came along, and the two of you had to exist, and express your love within the confines of this new psychological landscape? Philip Ridley’s Tender Napalm at Signature Theatre tests the love of a couple in various places and times, some seeming all too real and others seeming wildly fanciful."

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- Rick Westerkamp

Washingtonian - Recommended

"...Aspects of Tender Napalm start to come into clearer focus as the 90-minute play begins to wrap up. One scene is set more concretely in the “real world:” a man and woman find each other in a crowded party being thrown in an impressive mansion and begin to connect with each other. Little clues from the scene show how certain words and story elements may have found their way into each person’s subconscious. The scene doesn’t serve as an explanation, per se, for the larger-than-life stories that have just played out, but it does help ground the show a little further in reality."

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- Missy Frederick

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

"...Matthew Gardiner has handled Ridley’s script and the in-the-round staging at Signature well. For the most part he keeps the action moving, opening the actors to all parts of the audience. He successfully balances the savage and the tender, even if from this viewer’s perspective in the end the level of cruelty overshadowed the tenderness."

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- Robert Michael Oliver

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

I’d like to say that Philip Ridley’s new play Tender Napalm tells the story of two lovers trying to help each other recover from a traumatic event, possibly the death of their child, perhaps in a terrorist attack; but to say the play tells the story of anything is to ignore what the play suggests about words — that they’re more than telling tools. They can describe reality, yes, at least to some extent; but they can also relieve reality, and replace reality, and maybe restore reality.

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- Mark Dewey

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Washington Post - Recommended

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

Washingtonian - Recommended

MD Theatre Guide - Recommended

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