[NEohioPAL] 'Winning Streak' at Tri-C's eastern campus is a powerful, deeply touching drama

[Borland, Joy]

Marjorie Preston, Sun News:

The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) Eastern Campus Theatre Arts Department production of “The Winning Streak” by Lee Blessing, now at the Tri-C East Studio Theatre, is a stark, powerful and deeply touching family drama – with funny moments – about, as one of the characters says, the harm done that cannot always be undone.

The play focuses on the efforts of 30-something Ryland Davis (Brian McNally) to get some answers from his aging absentee father Omar Carlyle (Jeffrey Grover) who had a one night stand with Ryland’s mother and was never heard from again.  

Grover portrays Omar as a selfish, mangy, intolerant old coot whose only allegiance appears to be to his baseball team, while his exterior hides a deeply scarred man who has lived through abuse and loss. Davis plays the hurt adult child, his wounds still stinging. Yet, his Ryland is capable of vindictive cruelty and manipulation that at first seems beneath him.

Director Brian Zoldessy has brought two talented actors to the stage and sagely focused on the key element of relationship.

Set Design by Marcus Dana, over the ever-present, subtle baseball diamond in the center of the stage floor, features just a few simple items like a bar and stools, a comfy chair and one unique prop: coin operated binoculars. 

“The Winning Streak” plays through March 4, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Free parking is available in the B lot during performances. For tickets or more information, call (216) 987-2438 or visit www.tri-c.edu/easttheatre.


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