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Clackamas Print
ArtÿÆulture
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007
Bradbury premieres at Clackamas
Continued from ILLUSTRATED MAN,
Page 1
Bradbury, in collaboration
with Anderson and the Regional
Arts and Culture Council, has
carefully compiled selected
short stories and excerpts from
his vast portfolio, to be per
formed by Anderson in the one-
man show.
Bradbury fans will be
delighted to learn that, though
the “The Illustrated Man”
shares a title with his third
novel, the play is an entirely
new body of selections from
his previous work.
“To work intimately with
an actor and piece like Tobias
and Ray Bradbury’s work -
it’s really been an experience
of ‘growing together,’” said
Smith-English.
The stage upon which the
experience unfolds is nearly
bare. Only three objects stand
on the set: a small table, half
obscured by shadow, support
ing a pitcher of water and a
glass; a stool which slopes
— chicken-wire sides make it
appear to grow out of the floor;
and an impressionistic chicken
wire tree.
Hanging from the lower
branches of the tree are a black
stocking cap and a wooden
handled umbrella.
“The Illustrated Man” is
a wandering stranger who
bears a beautiful and damning
curse, hidden beneath his shirt.
Splayed across the skin of his
arms and torso is an incredible
mosaic of tattoos.
The tattoos, too realistic for
any mortal hand to have ren
dered, writhe and transform
themselves before the eyes.
These flowing images depict
tales of unlikely (at times,
mind-bending) individuals and
their fantastic toils.
Anderson brilliantly portrays
.every character in the stories,
including the beauty-cursed
Illustrated Man himself.
While observed, the tattoos
reveal such twisted yams as
that of Albert Brock, the noto
rious technocidal maniac, and
Doone, champion of the little-
known Irish sport, anthem run
ning.
Bradbury fans will final
ly meet the zealous fireman
Captain Beatty who, instead of
dousing fires, ignites them for
a specific purpose at an exact
temperature of 451 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Impossibly believable sto
ries continue to unfold for
observation - but do not gaze
too long at the beauteous por
traits as the dance continues. If
observed too long, the tattoos
will begin to reveal secrets and
wonders that may damn the
very observer’s soul.
Performances
of “The
Illustrated Man” continue
through Oct. 14 in the Osterman
Theatre in the Niemeyer
Center.
The show will open Oct. 25 at
the Rubicon Theatre Company
in Los Angeles. Bradbury will
make an appearance at the
showing on Oct. 27.
Show
Information i
IJXadburLj
- The artistic director for Mt. Hood Reper
tory Theatre Company.
- Recently, he appeared in the film Feast of
Love with Morgan Freeman.
- Bom Aug. 22, 1920, in Waukegan, Ill.
- Published his first book, Dark Carnaval, a
collection of short stories, in 1947.
- Has published more than 30 books, close to
600 short stories, and numerous poems, essays
and plays.
Admission prices are
$20 general, $15 senior
and only $10 for CCC
students.
For tickets and show
times, call the CRT box
office at 503-657-6958,
ext. 2356, go online to
www2.clackamas.edu/
crt/tickets.asp or visit
the box office in the
Niemeyer Center lobby.
Tickets are available
one hour before curtain.
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