admin @ Sun, 2006-09-24 08:00
Adam Rapp is a rising young writer who seems drawn to dark, controversial themes as a moth is to flames. He is best known for his notorious young adult novel, “The Buffalo Tree,” which has been banned from various school libraries across the country for its strong sexual themes and content.
Local theater fans may remember Rapp for his play “Red Light,” his brooding meditation on sexual obsession, cruelty and betrayal, produced at Steppenwolf last year. Rapp's one-person play, “Nocturne,” currently running at the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, is another dark, troubling work.
The story concerns an otherwise normal suburban teenager living in Joliet who changes his and his parents lives forever when he accidentally kills his younger sister in an automobile accident. Told in the form of a one-person confession, this 90-minute monologue starts strong, helped along by Kurt Naebig's seamless direction and William “Sandy” Smillie's taunt performance as Rapp's dark, brooding protagonist. Smillie's account of the automobile accident is especially powerful and riveting.
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