Towson University’s Department of Theatre Arts welcomes SPLIT, a new play by Towson graduate Ira Gammerman, who received two awards by the Baltimore Playwrights’ Festival this past summer. Featuring the work of Towson students past and present.
Center for the Arts, Ruth Marder Studio
October 20-22, 8 p.m.
Tickets: Please call the Box Office at 410-704-2787
James Howard’s Review from Broadwayworld.com:
“SPLIT is a coming of age tale for the current generation, with an almost completely male sensibility. The “split” of the title takes on several meanings, even a hilarious one in act two, but to discuss them would be giving away too much of the plot. What I will tell you is that it concerns Adam, a 20-something with a lot of the same questions and fears all men have, but so few articulate. We all fear inadequacy, intimacy, showing sensitivity, and all kinds of sexual fears. And we hide our fears with false bravado, coldness, and even imaginary friends. Adam is an everyman in that sense, much like Simon Eugene in the B plays. Gamerman creatively breaks the fourth wall, having Adam (and his fantasy alter ego) address us, ask us questions, expecting answers, and even teasing us. This sense of audience participation adds a level of intimacy that is so great in live theatre, and it adds a sort of universality, automatically including those of us well past our 20’s. Gammerman also has a great ear for current lingo and comic timing. Overall, SPLIT is a fine play.”
