CABIN FIVER: Five comedies to chase away the winter blues
April 9-25; Fri/Sat @ 7:30pm, Sun @ 2pm
Freeport Performing Arts Center
$10 in advance, $15 at the door

Part I: “The Tarantino Variation”, by Seth Kramer

“Mr. Mauve: Freeze!
Mr. Fuschia: Don’t move!
Mr. Puce: Hold it!
Mr. Mauve: Put it down.
Mr. Fuschia: Not until he drops his.
Mr. Puce: No way.
Mr. Mauve: I mean it.
Mr. Fuschia: So do I.
Mr. Puce: You’re going to have to pry this gun out of my cold, dead hand.
Mr. Fuschia: That can be arranged.
Mr. Mauve: Do it and I kill you.
Mr. Fuschia: Not before I kill this guy.
Mr. Puce: You shoot, then I shoot.
Mr. Mauve: Okay, then.”

Thus begins the Mexican standoff in this spoof of Reservoir Dogs, in which playwright Seth Kramer riffs on Quentin Tarantino’s tough guy characters, abrupt transitions, and trademark male banter.

Kramer is the artistic director and founder of Word of Mouth Productions. His short plays have been selected for nationally known play festivals and garnered numerous awards. Perhaps his biggest splash was made with Swim Shorts and Swim Shorts II, two collections of short plays inspired and performed at the rooftop pool at the West 57th Street Holiday Inn in Manhattan. In other words, the guy’s clever. “The Tarantino Variation” is one of seven short plays in the collection After The Beep.

Our production stars Joe Lembo (The Perfect Party) as Mr. Fuschia , Don Libby (Bedtime Stories: Home Free & Flyboy) as Mr. Mauve, and new kid on the FCP block Nick Rendall as Mr. Puce, directed by Sara Stelk (Side Man).

Warning: Although this particular play does not contain any expletives (remarkable given the characters), other plays in the showcase do contain adult language.