Stray Cat's 'Punkplay' revisits '80s alienation in Tempe

Monday, September 17, 2012
Arizona Republic

Written by Gregory S. Moss and directed for Stray Cat by Michael Peck, "Punkplay" affects a sardonic theatricality climaxing in a Robitussin-fueled freakout that updates Abraham Lincoln's cameo in "Hair" for the Reagan era. And it finds ample laughs as it explores its themes of consumerism and the paradox of counterculture, which is that any revolution against authority inevitably leads to a new set of rules to follow. (A favorite line from "South Park": "You can't be a nonconformist if you don't drink coffee.")



For fans of Stray Cat's edgy, occasionally confrontational theater, all of this is perfectly entertaining...The closing speech, a surreal epiphany for Mickey that also finally unveils the metaphor of the roller skates, is a lovely, poetic distillation of the play's message.



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