←Recommendations of Blinded

  • Larry Rinkel: Static: Blinded by Isaac Otterman
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    Intense, original, fast-paced, and powerful. Two strangers — a young man gripped by his personal history of violence and his heritage as an Iraqi, a young woman victimized by her philandering ex-husband — meet against the backdrop of a horrendous Montana blizzard and a car accident leading to their probable deaths. Episodes of remembrance and hallucination alternate with reality as the two confront their likely fates. This 1-act play offers not only great opportunities for the main actors, but also for the lighting and sound designers. Well-worth producing!

    Intense, original, fast-paced, and powerful. Two strangers — a young man gripped by his personal history of violence and his heritage as an Iraqi, a young woman victimized by her philandering ex-husband — meet against the backdrop of a horrendous Montana blizzard and a car accident leading to their probable deaths. Episodes of remembrance and hallucination alternate with reality as the two confront their likely fates. This 1-act play offers not only great opportunities for the main actors, but also for the lighting and sound designers. Well-worth producing!

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  • Doug DeVita: Static: Blinded by Isaac Otterman
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    Aside from his eloquently savage words, Isaac Otterman also uses sound and visceral visual descriptions in his stage directions to create a complete theatre piece. "Static: Blinded" works on so many levels it's almost as disorienting as the blizzard in which Samantha and Barry find themselves trapped, and that's the point of this sharp, uncomfortable, and excitingly theatrical play.

    Aside from his eloquently savage words, Isaac Otterman also uses sound and visceral visual descriptions in his stage directions to create a complete theatre piece. "Static: Blinded" works on so many levels it's almost as disorienting as the blizzard in which Samantha and Barry find themselves trapped, and that's the point of this sharp, uncomfortable, and excitingly theatrical play.

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  • Jo Brisbane: Static: Blinded by Isaac Otterman
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    "Static: Blinded" by Isaac Otterman takes the reader into the blinding static of a Montana blizzard. The relentless onstage noise accompanies an intense examination of human violence, infidelities, illness and injustices. The reader, the actors and the director will be challenged by Otterman's script, as it knits together historic events that include Guglielmo Marconi's radio invention and The Children's Blizzard of 1888. There are many levels to this play.

    "Static: Blinded" by Isaac Otterman takes the reader into the blinding static of a Montana blizzard. The relentless onstage noise accompanies an intense examination of human violence, infidelities, illness and injustices. The reader, the actors and the director will be challenged by Otterman's script, as it knits together historic events that include Guglielmo Marconi's radio invention and The Children's Blizzard of 1888. There are many levels to this play.

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  • Scott Sickles: Static: Blinded by Isaac Otterman
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    A moody and suspenseful taie of survival. Otterman mixes stagecraft with radio drama to heighten the surreality of two people struggling to survive a blizzard. As they fight their way through it, both we and they revisit how they got there and there’s even some effective magic realism along the way. The play examines its characters’ anger and sorrow, showing us how they ended up in a physical and emotional limbo from which they might not escape.

    A moody and suspenseful taie of survival. Otterman mixes stagecraft with radio drama to heighten the surreality of two people struggling to survive a blizzard. As they fight their way through it, both we and they revisit how they got there and there’s even some effective magic realism along the way. The play examines its characters’ anger and sorrow, showing us how they ended up in a physical and emotional limbo from which they might not escape.

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  • Janice Liddell: Static: Blinded by Isaac Otterman
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    Interesting concepts. I would love to have the uneasy and unending static in the background of this reading. I think it is an essential feature of the work in order to really appreciate the extreme discomfort of all the characters. Reading it as is did give a measure of discomfort and certainly unexpected renderings. It took a while for me to realize the actual placement of characters, but I got it early enough for the ending not to be a surprise.

    Interesting concepts. I would love to have the uneasy and unending static in the background of this reading. I think it is an essential feature of the work in order to really appreciate the extreme discomfort of all the characters. Reading it as is did give a measure of discomfort and certainly unexpected renderings. It took a while for me to realize the actual placement of characters, but I got it early enough for the ending not to be a surprise.

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