Fort Point Theatre Channel to tackle Pinter’s short plays

July 2, 1:26 PMBoston Theater ExaminerDonn Saylor

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Harold Pinter (Image: Camden New Journal)

The Fort Point Theatre Channel is set to stage Present Imperfect: A Gallery of Short Works by Harold Pinter, premiering July 17 at Midway Studios.

The production consists of six shorter plays by the late, Nobel Prize-winning playwright. In A Kind of Alaska, Deborah emerges from the coma she has been in for 30 years. Upon awakening, she must come to grips with the fact that she is no longer a 16-year-old girl and the world around her has significantly changed. New World Order chronicles the interrogation of a hostage by his two captors. The brief piece, which runs about ten minutes, is a nerve-wracking meditation on politics, evil, and the dark heart of terror. In Night, an aging couple discuss their sensual history over a cup of coffee. Request Stop centers on a young woman who starts an argument with the man waiting in line with her at the bus stop. Silence follows a girl named Ellen as she remembers her experiences with two very different men, and how these experiences shaped all three of them. The final play, Victoria Station, tells the story of a taxi dispatcher who is attempting to deploy one of his cab drivers to a new fare. All of these pieces highlight Pinter’s sensitive understanding of the complexities of the human mind, as well as his penchants for thought-provoking drama and dark humor.

Under the direction of Caitlin Lowans and Brendan Shea, the production stars Kate Bailey, Lisa Caron Driscoll, Carlos M. Harris, Janelle Day Mills, Adam Sanders, and Brian Sergent.

Present Imperfect runs July 17 – 26.