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Chiaroscuro (A Study In Shadow) By Kenneth N. Kurtz Directed by Rachel Edwards Harvith At Bailiwick Repertory 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Chicago, IL Call 773-883-1090, tickets $20 - $25 Wednesdays at 7:30 pm Fridays 7 Sundays at 7:30 pm Saturdays at 5 pm on Oct 4, 11 & 18 Running time is 85 minutes without intermission Through October 19, 2008 Creative passion unleashed at Bailiwick As part of their Pride Series, Bailiwick Repertory has mounted a curious work, “Chiaroscuro” (A Study in Shadow). It is a fictional account of Renaissance painter Caravaggio—a passionate and dangerous knife wielding master painter—as he paints “The Flaying Marsyas.” Since Caravaggio painted from real life figures using shadows. This is the fictional story that has the master using a tall thin young man off the streets of Rome as his model.
Paolo (Kevin Stevens) is at first reluctant to pose nude for Caravaggio sensing that the painter may have sexual motives. But when the painter offers a large sum of money, Paolo agrees. Cavaggio informs the boy upfront that he will earn his money posing in difficult, even painful positions. The play effective deals with Caravaggio’s creative process wherein he paints the real life expressions of pain and angst to depict his subject in torture. Paolo, completely nude, is placed beside a tree with his arms strung up and his legs bound. Caravaggio uses a combination of threats (including a slap and the waving of his knife) to get the boy to actually show fear. The painter proceeds to tighten the robes rendering the boy actually incarcerated. The boy resists and the game is on. Caravaggio must use all means to get the boy to render the look he needs to paint the face. Without giving away much more, let me say that this play is much more than a play featuring two nude guys. It is a story about the creative process and the exploitation of vulnerable people. There is a strong homosexual overtone became dominant. The surprise plots twists work well. Kudos to the brave actors who bare it all in the name of art. The acting here was terrific. Recommended Tom99@chicagocritic.com for comments Talk Theatre in Chicago podcast Date Reviewed: September 23, 2008 |
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