March 2011
bonded
by DONALD JOLLY
directed by JON LAWRENCE RIVERA
LA TIMES
"To ignore history is to impede understanding of its ongoing impact, and therefore the course of progress. That is the determined aim of "bonded," playwright Donald Jolly's unsparing study of homosexuality within the legacy of slavery... Jolly embraces the gritty milieu and authentic vernacular... and his storytelling, here poetic, there graphic, is certainly original... it's difficult to ignore "bonded's" essential integrity and intent."
— David C. NicholsLA WEEKLY
"Jolly's frank but lovely storytelling graces the genre with fresh insights about the lives of slaves, traveling beyond the dehumanizing stories of sexual abuse and unspeakable human violence... taking us instead to a slightly reimagined slice of the old South, where sexual freedom becomes nearly as urgent as freedom from human ownership."
— Amy LyonsLA STAGE TIMES
"Jolly builds the tensions to the breaking point in a mostly sterling staging by Jon Lawrence Rivera... The production features a movable "plow," designed by John H. Binkley, that is one of the most ingenious set pieces I've seen lately... a fairly gripping experience."
— Don Shirley
On a plantation in 1820s Virginia
- four slaves must cope with the vicissitudes of life while attempting to understand themselves and the world they are born into. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.scenic design: John H. Binkley
lighting design: Adam Blumenthal
sound design: Bob Blackburn
costume design: Mylette Nora
stage manager: Daniel Reano-Koven
producer: Diane Levinestarring
Eric B. Anthony
Terrence Colby Clemons
Carl Crudup
Toyin Moses
Los Angeles Theatre Center [Theatre 4]
514 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
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