Closer
Playwright: Patrick Marber
Directed by: Wayne Salomon
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Winner of the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Play and the 1999 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play. "CLOSER is a sad, savvy, often funny play that casts a steely, unblinking gaze at the world of relationships and lets you come to your own conclusions…
Cast
Anna - Meghan Maguire
Larry- John Pierson*
Dan - Christopher Lawyer
Alice - Rachel Fenton
* Member Actors's Equity Association
Reviews
Closer is an intriguing examination of the way men and women interact with one another, particularly with regards to their vastly differing ideas as to what love and commitment actually mean. The story itself is fascinating and frustrating, in equal measure, as we watch four damaged, and generally unlikable and selfish, characters struggle with their wants and desires as they desperately search for happiness. What's absolutely certain is that Marber's play requires a quartet of actors who are firing on all cylinders in order for it to truly take hold of an audience. Fortunately, the St. Louis Actors' Studio has assembled a terrific cast for their current production, and they manage to make these (mostly) unsympathetic characters both engaging and compelling.
Chris Gibson, Broadway World
Under the tight direction of Wayne Salomon, these four actors — Rachel Fenton (Alice), Christopher Lawyer (Dan), John Pierson (Larry) and Meghan Maguire (Anna) — deliver.
Dennis Brown, Riverfront Times
director Wayne Salomon elicits a quartet of compelling performances by his players, especially Meghan Maguire as Anna, in the St. Louis Actors’ Studio presentation.