2007-08 Season Archives
The Water Engine by David Mamet
Chicago, 1934. The Century of Progress.
A man invents a machine that will run on water. But sinister and shadowy
forces are out to take it from him...
The Water Engine is one of Mamet’s best early works; a terrific thriller
which evokes the spirit and feel of the classic radio dramas of the 1930’s with
live sound effects and an outstanding ensemble cast.
Cast:
Ryan Parker Knox
Sam Landman
Bob Malos
Ian Miller
Matt Rein
Sid Solomon
Heather Stone
Amanda Whisner
Staff:
Directed by Sarah Gioia
Location:
Loading Dock Theater
Photos: (Click picture for larger version)
pictured L-R: Sam Landman, Matt Rein and Ryan Parker Knox
Reviews:
'Water Engine' drives its point home - December 2, 2007
by David Hawley
Special to the Pioneer Press
Language can be a tool of survival or a tipoff to fatal consequences in David Mamet's plays. One of his earliest
is The Water Engine, an hourlong fable that originally was written as a radio play and generally is staged using
that conceit...[More]
'The Water Engine' at the Gremlin - December 4, 2007
by John Townshend
Special to the Star Tribune
Chicago's 1934 Century of Progress Exposition exalted a utopian ideal built on the wonders of science. David
Mamet's shocking 1977 thriller, "The Water Engine," probes the dark underside of that ideal. Though melodramatic,
it's hardly sentimental...[More]
Rage Against The Machine - December 12, 2007
by Quentin Skinner
City Pages
Written and staged here by Gremlin Theatre as a radio play, it has the feel of a period piece but possesses a
lasting relevance that might well have surprised its author at the time he wrote it...
[More]
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