press release may 1, 2012
“ROBOTIC BABY”
Normal gets turned on its head for this suburban family on the brink, when a Robotic Baby enters their lives as part of a high school Sex Education Program. This not-to-be-missed original comedy, “ROBOTIC BABY” by Jeff Onore, is returning to Newburyport in a truly hilarious, side-splitting, snortingly funny full-length, after making its infant debut as a ten-minute piece in the 2005 New Works Festival. Outstanding, witty, and absurd, this black tour de force simultaneously embraces and rejects our notions of nuclear family, public education, and normalcy as we observe how a rubber baby is given a mixed welcome by a bewildered family, unexpectedly arousing every family member, neighbors, and school officials alike.
Directed by Suzanne Bryan. Cast includes Bonnie Lake, Tom Adams, Kimberly Holliday, Abby Seabrook, Cam Netland & Jeff Onore. Stage Manager Amy Lejeune.
Shows: Friday, May 18 at 8 PM; Saturday, May 19 at 8 PM; and Sunday, May 20 at 7 PM
Venue: The Actor’s Studio of Newburport, The Tannery, Mill #1 Suite 5, Newburyport, MA 01950
For reservations please call 978-465-1229 or purchase tickets: MKtix.com
introduction to jeff onore
Jeff's solo show "What Happened to Jeff" was #1 Fan Favorite at the New England Fringe Festival, Boston Center for the Arts, 2008. He has performed in the Kansas City Fringe Festival, Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax NS, 1 x 1 Festival in Cambridge and Newburyport, MA, in the Red Room and Stage Left Studio in NYC
"...wickedly funny, decidedly edgy. . ."
- Fosters Daily
"...the left side of life, hip, urbane, style all his own”
- Metronome
“manically focused performance….. entertain with the darkest of black humor”
- Syracuse New Times
In this captivating, deadpan expression of urban loneliness and disconnection, Jeff Onore delivers a series of vignettes pegged to life's realities (weddings, fatherhood, work) which fold quickly into mesmerizing, startlingly funny tales of darkness and absurdity. A grown man eats crayons and tenderly parents a robotic baby; his family's multiple therapists compete for influence; his incorrigible dead father intrudes in the unlikeliest way. Grappling with improbable memories and health challenges, the character looks back on his life and hires a team of “revisionators” to make changes. Reviewers say: "...wickedly funny, decidedly edgy. . ." "A captivating performance that goes beyond the sardonic wit of the comedian"… "the left side of life, hip, urbane, style all his own.” Jeff Onore's previous show -- What Happened to Jeff -- took top honors at the New England Fringe Festival, Boston, in 2008.
