Hayward wisely has chosen a Story Theatre style of presentation, not naturalistic, but grounded in heightened, honest emotions that connect characters, actors and viewers. Much credit for that must go, in addition to Williams’ words, to Director Torey Hayward who has elicited pitch perfect performances from his cast of 15, a combination of new (to me) and familiar faces. Regardless, I was fully entranced for the show’s 90-minute running time. One might wish that these tales, at least some of them, ended with more of a zinger–they’re all pretty straightforward–but only The Spinner, a variation on Rumplestilskin, seems to promise a twist of some sort that never arrives.
I suspect getting the timing just right was a challenge but The NOLA Project folks are old pros at this ( Adventures in Wonderland, EXT. Divided into five manageably sized groups, the audience rotates clockwise at the end of each piece until the entire quintet has been viewed. Williams keeps her narratives short, all 15 minutes or less, but in their brief time frame she creates fully-rounded characters that are easy to empathize with or, in the case of the bad guys & gals, who you want to see get their comeuppance.Įach of these playlets is performed in a separate area of the new section of the Sculpture Garden. Each segment captivates, and, taken together, Tell It To Me Sweet wondrously celebrates the joys of storytelling. And a ghost story of sorts shows that basic decency can be the path to riches. A decent, hardworking Mama defends her kids (which happen to be of the four-legged variety).
A Big Bad Wolf makes an appearance, as do various evil mothers, both step- and natural.
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