Dixon Place in association with ON the Rocks Theatre Company present

THE WHITE STAG QUADRILOGY

Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street
12-27 February 2016

Written by: Christopher Ford and Dakota Rose
Directed by: Dakota Rose
Featuring: Andrew R. Butler and Rebecca Miller

It is the end of the swinging 70’s and filmmaker Jerry Wolfort is working on the 4th part of his acclaimed (well, the first one was acclaimed) quadrilogy, The White Stag. Unfortunately, Jerry is arrested and forced to be confined to the upstairs of the ragged old strip club he owns. Andrew R. Butler, balding in the front, long ponytail in the back and always walking around in a bathrobe, is very good as the faded creative type. Completely self-absorbed, all he cares about is his “art.” The “art” is awful, but no one seems to recognize that fact.

Rebecca Miller is the strongest of the cast. Her steaming anger that leads not to an outburst, but to the epiphany that she must finish the film is layered with doubt, love, fear and inspiration.

The rest of the cast are more cartoonish than real, but the choreography is fun. Dancing like stoned college students, the cast uses headdresses and masks in perfect 70’s experimental theater style.

- Jean Tait -