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Speed-the-Plow
The Miller Bag Building
861 E. Hennepin Ave Minneapolis
A darkly funny, hard-hitting drama that reveals the conspiracies and alliances created to ultimately pitch a script to a major Hollywood studio, SPEED-THE-PLOW is a play about industry and revision, art versus commerce. As we follow the dynamic power struggles between two studio executives and one temporary secretary, we watch the lines blur between ambition, conscience, and self-preservation.
Thru - Mar 16, 2013
Price: $20-$25
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Speed-the-Plow Reviews
| Star Tribune - Recommended
"...Director Ben McGovern's production benefits from an arresting cast. McCallum plays the heck out of his swaggering studio exec. It's not just the feet on the table, but the thunderous bravado. And he looks like the Hollywood swell, as well."
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Twin Cities Pioneer Press - Somewhat Recommended
"...Director Benjamin McGovern's production treats the play as neither a fresh story nor a period piece in a spare staging. Hollywood studio exec Bobby Gould's office is suggested by a desk piled high with scripts, a coffee table with a couple of chairs and little else. For the play's middle act, during which Bobby tries to win a bet with his pal Charles that he can bed the lovely temp secretary Karen, the audience moves about 10 feet to another seating area and another Spartan set -- a sofa, a side table, a couple of lamps -- to suggest Bobby's"
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