Trout Stanley by Claudia Dey, Exquisite Theatre Corps, The Factory Theatre, 9/9/11-9/25/11. http://www.exquisitecorps.org/trout-stanley/.
Reviewed by Leah White
(Boston, MA) Exquisite Corps Theatre opens its second season with the delightfully odd Trout Stanley. Set in the middle-of-nowhere Canada, the old brick walls of the Factory Theatre make the perfect backdrop for the shabby home of twin sisters, Grace and Sugar Ducharme.
We meet the twins on their 30th birthday. Kathryn Grace’s “Grace” struts around the stage, big and bombastic, almost over the top as she describes her likeness on a local hunting store’s billboard. Grace has a lust for life and a slightly unusual respect for trash. Continue reading