There’s not much onstage locally yet as our theater companies prepare their first productions of 2013, so here’s a tip for this weekend. WVXU’s airing of Deborah Zoe Laufer’s End Days on L.A. Theatre Works on Saturday evening at 8 p.m. (That’s FM 91.7 if you’re still using a radio or wvxu.org if you prefer to listen online.)
It’s the story of a middle-American housewife who has found salvation and her rebellious teenage daughter who wants nothing to do with it. But when a bookish young suitor in an Elvis suit comes calling, the daughter experiences an unexpected revelation of her own. If you’re a regular at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, you will remember this show from a darkly funny production in March 2011. (Read my review here.)
And a further note of interest: A world premiere work by Laufer is headed our way in February at the Cincinnati Playhouse: It’s called Leveling Up, a show about twentysomethings making the transition from college to a “real” life of video games in a Las Vegas basement. Laufer has a knack for catching the drift of contemporary culture, so tune in for End Days on Saturday and get ready for Leveling Up coming soon.
This article appears in Jan 2-8, 2013.
