Potomac Stages - December 29th, 2001
Storyline: Each of Santa's elite team of reindeer give
their reactions to allegations of perversion and abuse on the part of their
employer, the jolly old elf. This is distinctly adult material, not fit for
a family holiday outing. It is unfortunate that we were unable to review this production before
the end of its short run in repertoire with the longer-running The
Mystery of Edwin Drood. But we wanted to document the accomplishments of
the Landless Theatre Company and this talented cast for the record. Each of the monologues are stand-alone scenes which could be easily
lifted out of the play and performed as a demonstration of performance
skill, and there is plenty of performance skill being displayed by this
cast. But each scene adds pieces to an overall story Jeff Obermiller is the only openly gay reindeer (Cupid
Eight fabulous performances of eight distinctive monologues add up to a
bizarre but intriguing evening. Two years before Eve Ensler's The Vagina
Monologues began a trend toward collections of first person accounts to
match monologue titles, actor, director and playwright Jeff Goode came up
with this strange concoction that gives each cast member a dozen minutes in
the spotlight.