The Fat Girl


Studio 108

If ever there were a show to walk in late on, it’s this one. In fact, I urge you to miss the first piece in this evening of loosely connected plays. Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader September 23, 1994

9/16/94 – 10/22/94

Based on a short story by Marie Luise Kaschnitz, it concerns an adult writer’s encounter with a painfully shy, clumsy girl. The piece has been intelligently adapted (in chamber-theater style) and directed by Shirley Anderson, and is sensitively brought to life by Allison Cain (the story’s narrator) and Heather Donaldson (the girl). The story is a fine, mildly thought-provoking, ever so slightly moving piece of fiction that also works as a palate cleanser.

Author

Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Greg Nagan, Dorothy Parker

Director

Shirly Anderson, Greg Nagan, Shirly Anderson

Performers

Allison Cain, Heather Donaldson, Shirley Anderson

Tags

Theater American 1994