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If laughs are birdies, 'Fox on Fairway' gets plenty Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star There's no way around it: Golf is funny. The concept - hit a little ball with a skinny stick and try to get it into a tiny hole far, far away - is just plain ludicrous. And do this while not hitting the ball into sand traps, water hazards and your fellow golfers? Please. And then there's the clothing: bold plaids and loud colors are preferable. So it's no wonder that playwright Ken Ludwig opted to use the sport as the basis for his comedy "Fox on the Fairway," which Invisible Theatre opened Wednesday. ... Director Susan Claassen knows her comedy and she shaped a play that was easy with the laughs and polished enough to gloss over the script's rough spots. She had a cast that helped immensely. Read the entire review. here:  If laughs are birdies, 'Fox on the Fairway' gets plenty

BIG LAUGHS IN THIS "FOX" By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com “Stop making sense,” David Byrne so famously said, “And go see ‘The Fox on the Fairway’ at Invisible theatre.” Well, no, he didn’t say that last part. But it is still excellent advice. A cast of wild and wacky actors led by director Susan Claassen have unleashed one of the most enthusiastically uninhibited productions this company’s stage has seen in quite a while. Making sense is never required. In fact the less you think about the logic in this comedy of bad bets, broken hearts and tacky fashions, the better. Ever wonder what it would look like if a very proper lady accidentally let a raw oyster slip down the front of her dress? You won’t be wondering any longer. Ken Ludwig (“Lend Me A Tenor,” “Moon Over Buffalo”) is the playwright here, with farce on his mind and garishly garbed golfers in his gun sights. Ludwig himself says “farce, essentially, is broad comedy.” If this “Fox” was played any more broa...

Invisible Theatre opens 'The Fox on Fairway,' a wry shot at golf : Kathleen Allen, Arizona Daily Star Ken Ludwig knows from funny. His plays, such as "Lend Me a Tenor" and "Moon Over Buffalo," have kept audiences chuckling across the country and around the world. ... Ludwig's "The Fox on the Fairway" opens at Invisible Theatre next week. It's an over-the-top look at the game and the people who play it. Read the entire preview here:  Invisible Theatre opens 'The Fox on Fairway,' a wry shot at golf

'First Kisses' that last a lifetime : February 07, 2013 12:00 am   •   Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star Maedell and Harold Dixon star in Invisible Theatre's production of "First Kisses," playwright Jay D. Hanagan's first full play. It traces a 61-year relationship that starts in childhood. Invisible Theatre/Tim Fuller You might call Jay D. Hanagan an accidental playwright. Hanagan, who penned Invisible Theatre's next offering, "First Kisses," had written sketches since high school, but it hadn't occurred to him to do plays. Then, in the late 1990s, he was asked to help pick scripts for the Geneva (N.Y.) Theatre Guild's Playwrights Play Readings. Read the entire preview here:  'First Kisses' that last a lifetime :

Director keeps things moving in IT's 'Mesa' : November 18, 2012 12:00 am   •   Ann Brown Arizona Daily Star "Mesa" brings the question "are we there yet?" to life. The Canadian play, which made its U.S. debut Wednesday at Invisible Theatre, is based on a five-day, 1998 road trip that playwright Doug Curtis took, driving his wife's 93-year-old grandfather from his Calgary home to his snowbird home, a trailer in Citrus Gardens in Mesa. Two actors, Kevin Black, as 35-year-old chauffeur Paul, and Jay Hornbacher, as Grandpa Bud, hit the metaphorical highway lined with bittersweet moments and humor. Read the entire review here:  Director keeps things moving in IT's 'Mesa'

A 5-day trip with grandpa 60-YEAR GAP BETWEEN DRIVER, PASSENGER BRIDGED IN 'MESA' AT INVISIBLE THEATRE Kathleen Allen Kallen@azstarnet.com "Mesa" is particularly personal for playwright Doug Curtis and his wife and frequent collaborator, Heather Moore. The play, which Invisible Theatre opens next week, is based on a trip Curtis took from their Calgary home with Moore's grandfather. "My mother-in-law asked me if I would like to drive Grandpa Bud to Mesa," Curtis said of that day in 1998. Flying Grandpa Bud down wasn't an option. Read the entire preview here:  A 5-day trip with grandpa Jay Hornbacher, left, as Grandpa Bud and Kevin Black as Paul, who is tasked with driving Bud from Calgary to Mesa. Photo: Tim Fuller

Uplifting vignettes dedicated to mother : REVIEW Uplifting vignettes dedicated to mother   Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star September 8, 2011 ...  "Motherhood," a mash-up of monologues by a very impressive list of contemporary playwrights, took us from birth to almost every significant event in a child's life - playground rifts to sex talks to graduation, birth again, and, finally, mothering our own mothers. [Susan] Claassen smoothly wove the pieces together, creating an entertaining 90 minutes of wispy storytelling. Read the entire review of "Motherhood Out Loud" here:  Uplifting vignettes dedicated to mother Barbea Williams is one of four cast members in "Motherhood Out Loud," presented by the Invisible Theatre. The show is way, way inclusive on the various aspects of motherhood.