近距离内射合集

The Vortex Theatre is saying hooray to haberdashery as it brings Stephen Adly Guirgis鈥� 鈥淭he Motherf**ker with the Hat鈥� to the stage.

Show director Miguel Martinez said he hasn鈥檛 done many dark comedies like this one, but that鈥檚 what made it a fantastic experience. The play鈥檚 language and 鈥渃utting edge鈥� drew him to the show.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of kind of good to go back into the trenches 鈥�,鈥� Martinez said. 鈥淚 mean, these passages are just like, you know, verbal boxing鈥� 鈥� the characters beat each other up with every line.

Compared to other stage plays, the dialogue is faster-paced, which Martinez said has been a lot of fun to figure out.

鈥淚鈥檓 usually trying to push the pace and make sure that we don鈥檛 let it lag and keep audiences engaged, keep ourselves engaged,鈥� Martinez said. 鈥淎nd this, they learned their lines early. They came with guns blazing, and it鈥檚 just been a kind of counterintuitive thing to start saying, 鈥極K, let鈥檚 find out where we can slow down.鈥欌��

The show follows a small cast of characters, with Jackie, a recently released convict, and Veronica, his childhood sweetheart, as the main characters. It follows their relationship and the mystery of who owns the hat found in Veronica鈥檚 apartment.

Martinez said Jackie is convinced that Veronica has been sleeping with the owner of the hat, and things soon spiral. The characters and their passion propel the show, he said.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e all looking for connection, and they all wear their hearts on their sleeves and kind of say the things that a lot of us keep unspoken,鈥� Martinez said.

The Vortex originally did the show several years ago and brought it back as part of its 50th anniversary season. Ed Chavez, who plays Jackie, is returning to reprise the role.

Martinez said he was nervous at first about casting the same person, worried it would end up too similar to the first production. But it has been different.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a matter of just being 10 years or so older, and I think (Chavez is) looking at it quite a different way,鈥� Martinez said.

Several members of the cast have acted in shows together previously, which Martinez said helped flesh out the relationship dynamics between the characters.

He said the great thing about Guirgis as a playwright is that he has stated if things need to be changed for a production, don鈥檛 hesitate, and Martinez hasn鈥檛.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not like I鈥檓 adding a lot, but I鈥檓 letting some moments kind of bloom a little bit more. It鈥檚 a little bit of improv here and there to kind of extend some things, mostly for laughs,鈥� Martinez said.

While the play is set in New York in 2012, he said it has parallels to current times. There are themes set around 鈥渂ro culture鈥� and body dysmorphia, he said.

鈥淚 see a lot of that echoing through, but when it came down to it, it wasn鈥檛 something I needed to emphasize,鈥� Martinez said. 鈥淚 just let the characters speak for themselves.鈥�

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.