[NEohioPAL]Rave for Child's Christmas at Actors' Summit

Tue Dec 4 10:10:06 PST 2001

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       At Actors' Summit, the Christmas ritual is a secular one, but no less 
powerful. In a reprise of Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales," 
director Neil Thackaberry's 14-member ensemble also makes you ache with 
nostalgia, but for the homier celebrations of holiday meals and extended 
families. 
       Peter Voinovich is wonderful as Dylan - dark and rumpled, poetry 
flowing from him like it was mother's milk - reminiscing about his childhood 
holiday gatherings in Swansea, Wales. It's a sentimental journey that 
conjures both the memorable and the traditional of annual family gatherings: 
mealtime mishaps, gifts, stories and songs from beloved uncles and aunts. 
       The ensemble evokes a lovely, natural family chemistry. As Dylan's 
father, Chuck Richie has a wry, poetic eloquence, while Mother (Paula 
Duesing) growls and fusses over her burned turkey. Frank Jackman has a 
delightful music hall number as a capering Uncle Gwyn, and Kari Kandel's 
soprano is so sweet in the final number, it's like a benediction. 
       Simple but effective, brimming with good feeling, "A Child's Christmas 
in Wales" triumphs by making the everyday seem sacred. 
       Linda Eisenstein, Cleveland Plain Dealer       

Eisenstein is a playwright in Cleveland. 

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<HTML>      At Actors' Summit, the Christmas ritual is a secular one, but no less powerful. In a reprise of Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales," director Neil Thackaberry's 14-member ensemble also makes you ache with nostalgia, but for the homier celebrations of holiday meals and extended families. 
       Peter Voinovich is wonderful as Dylan - dark and rumpled, poetry flowing from him like it was mother's milk - reminiscing about his childhood holiday gatherings in Swansea, Wales. It's a sentimental journey that conjures both the memorable and the traditional of annual family gatherings: mealtime mishaps, gifts, stories and songs from beloved uncles and aunts. 
       The ensemble evokes a lovely, natural family chemistry. As Dylan's father, Chuck Richie has a wry, poetic eloquence, while Mother (Paula Duesing) growls and fusses over her burned turkey. Frank Jackman has a delightful music hall number as a capering Uncle Gwyn, and Kari Kandel's soprano is so sweet in the final number, it's like a benediction. 
       Simple but effective, brimming with good feeling, "A Child's Christmas in Wales" triumphs by making the everyday seem sacred. 
       Linda Eisenstein, Cleveland Plain Dealer       
 
 Eisenstein is a playwright in Cleveland. 
 
 
 
 
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