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intriguing ‘Becky Shaw’ is a study in human dysfunction</SPAN></B><SPAN
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News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Theater is at its best when serving as a petri dish in
which the more toxic aspects of the human condition are allowed to fester and
ferment before our very eyes and from a safe distance.<SPAN
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style="COLOR: #111111">What is particularly intriguing about the controlled but
corrosive environment that is Gina Gionfriddo’s “Becky Shaw”</SPAN><SPAN
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that the agar that incubates her sample of detestable, damaged and dysfunctional
characters produces one laugh after another. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is rare and wonderful when so much
comedy comes out of something so caustic, and Dobama Theatre’s superb production
doesn’t miss a gag or an opportunity to activate the gag
reflex.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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