Power Grab

Extreme Players—Planetarium

In an attempt to explore the range of power through a handful of stand alone scenes, Power Grab was running on low battery for this reviewer. Given the theme and reading about the previous experiences of the Extreme Players, I would have thought the incorporation of Theatre of the Oppressed would have been a more compelling investigation of the use and abuse of power…the vignettes presented felt more like a series of class exercises than a Fringe production.

There were several interesting concepts explored from the incorporation of Confession being seen as a “power grab” to an actual robot taking the “human out of Human Resources”. While the performers show much promise, particularly in the first scene, the play might have needed to sit on the dock for a bit longer.

Stephanie Adamov