'Vengeful Redhead': 7 characters, 1 actress

'Vengeful Redhead': 7 characters, 1 actress:
Embodying each requires more than a wig change
Kathleen Allen Kallen@azstarnet.com | Posted: Thursday, April 5, 2012

Betsy Kruse Craig is a stage veteran.

Still, her upcoming performance in Invisible Theatre's "The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead" has got her a wee bit nervous.

You see, she plays all the characters - young, old, male, female, blonde, brunette and redhead.

"The play is intense," admitted Craig.

"It's nothing like I've ever done before. Getting all those words and people straight …"

The play's conceit is this: Rhonda has been married for 17 years when her husband calls her and tells her it's over; he's moved out of the house.

This revelation, and her intent to confront the woman involved with her husband, brings on a catastrophic event.

There are seven characters in the play, and each one has a different take on what happened at that event. Think "Rashomon" on stage and in modern dress.

TIM FULLER / INVISIBLE THEATRE

Betsy Kruse Craig transitions among her seven characters in "The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead" in less than 60 seconds, using a wig, or a stance, or a gesture to differentiate each.

"Coming Apart" review in the Arizona Daily Star

Link to AZ Star Tucson's Invisible Theatre starts its season with laughs By Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star Tim Fuller "Love and Marriage Go Together Like" … unless you are romance author Frances Kittridge (Susan Kovitz) and her husband comedy columnist Colin (David Johnston) who are going through a trial separation and division of worldly goods while living in the same NYC apartment! So she has planned Invisible Theatre’s season accordingly. “The first couple of shows are lighthearted in what appears to be a challenging fall for the world,” says Claassen, the company’s managing artistic director. Next week, IT opens its 2016-17 season with Fred Carmichael’s comedy, “Coming Apart.” At its heart: “Coming Apart is “a romantic comedy of love and marriage, but it also touches on what happens when pride enters a relationship,” says Claassen, who is a member of the cast. The couple coming apart are both writers who h...

Moody noir musical 'Gunmetal Blues' depicts misfortune in surreal world

Moody noir musical 'Gunmetal Blues' depicts misfortune in surreal world December 09, 2008, 9:49 a.m. CHUCK GRAHAM Tucson Citizen "Gunmetal Blues" rises out of the darkened Invisible Theatre stage as a 1930s nightclub gangster caper that's four parts atmosphere and one part action, with a twist. Armen Dirtadian looks terrific as Sam Galahad, the well-dressed loser who's old enough to know better but has never learned to resist. Dirtadian is well-known around Tucson for his dashing roles as the broad-shouldered leading man at Gaslight Theatre, but is keeping his personality in the shadows here. He plays a private eye so down on his luck, no client is ever turned away from his tattered office. Betsy Kruse Craig (another Gaslight star) steps into the IT spotlight as that tall blonde who doesn't care how much trouble Sam gets sucked into. She also plays three other blondes with their own suspicious motives. Taking on several additional roles is Mike Padilla, wh...

2009-2010 Season Auditions at Invisible Theatre

Invisible Theatre www.invisibletheatre.com THE INVISIBLE THEATRE ANNOUNCES COMPANY AUDITIONS FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN PRODUCTIONS FOR ITS 2009-2010 SEASON The Invisible Theatre will hold auditions for their 2009-2010 Season on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 beginning at 5:00 pm. Auditions will be held at the Invisible Theatre - 1400 N. First Ave (at Drachman). Please call the Invisible Theatre (520) 882-9721 with your name and phone contact. You will then be assigned an audition time. All actors are paid. Actors must bring a recent headshot and resume and will be asked to perform a 3 minute contemporary monologue.

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