"Bumping
Umbrellas" Is Extended, October 10 - November 17
"BUMPING UMBRELLAS" is
a one-hour fantasy in which the audience serves as a voyeur into the
lives of three strangers who dare to indulge. It will be performed
at DON'T TELL MAMA (343 West 46th Street, NYC - 212-757-0788 - http://www.donttellmama.com/).
Remaining shows are on Thursday, October 10th at 9:00 pm, Sunday,
October 13th at 8:30 pm, Friday, October 18th at 6:00 pm, Sunday,
November 3rd at 4:00 pm, Monday, November 4th, 9:30 pm, Thursday November
7th at 9:00 pm and Sunday, November 17th at 8:30 pm. There is a $10
cover plus 2-drink minimum.
"Bumping Umbrellas" is
a surreal exploration of seduction and temptation. This production
uses the movement and rhythm of tango to inform the text. Through
this dance, the characters indulge in their desires and at the same
time control them.
A synopsis of the show
reads like an opera: One morning, Evie (a restless mother, disappointed
and unsatisfied with her marriage) wanders into a junk shop, after
a fight with her husband. Nadja (a flamboyant French shopkeeper, capable
of great love and great rage), knows that like the cast away belongings
she sells, Evie must be renewed. She offers Evie a glimpse of a world
where passion and freedom rule. Evie confides that she wants both
passion and marriage. Nadja points out that you can't have both with
the same man. Enter Lou Siffer, Nadja's cohort. Lou (a devilish charmer,
with a talent for seduction) manipulates Evie's vulnerabilities and
her attraction to him. He tempts Evie with everything her marriage
lacks until she can no longer pretend that being a loyal wife and
a model mother is enough to fulfill her. Evie surrenders to the excitement
and passion that have been missing from her marriage and her body
betrays her mind. Disgusted with what she has done, but unable to
return to her old life, Evie must reconcile her perception of sin
with her knowledge of pleasure.
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