Krapp 39

Written by Michael Laurence
Directed by George Demas

Synopsis: Krapp, 39 is a voyeuristic prefiguring of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, and a deeply personal window on one man's last moment of youth. Reeling on his 39th birthday, an actor's obsessive identification with Beckett's famous character compels him to examine his own quixotic life and failures. His hilarious and heart breaking self-scrutiny plays out through intimate audio tapes, archival video, raw journal entries, haunted letters, racy confessions, and recorded conversations with the living and the lost.

 

NEW YORK TIMES:
"He is now reprising the role, directed by George Demas, in a two-month run at the SoHo Playhouse, and it’s an even funnier, more enlightening experience the second time around. "
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NEW YORK POST:
"Opening off-Broadway this week after a run at the International Fringe Festival, it is a moving and funny examination of the loss of youth that, while not on a par with Beckett's classic, is far more than a mere homage. "
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THEATERMANIA:
" Laurence exposes his insecurities about his life as an artist, in both dramatic and humorous ways. "
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NYTHEATRE.COM:
"He is superb at simultaneously bringing to life the past moment for the present location while still actively playing the current moment of a man looking back over his life. "
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BACKSTAGE:
"With his oddly compelling monologues as the real lynchpin of Krapp, 39, one wishes that Laurence took a more oblique and focused approach to the source material. "Take the character away from the actor and what does he have?" Laurence asks. In this case, that's precisely what we'd like to find out."
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