Dateline Lumaville

by Daedalus Howell

 

The following notes are culled from the weekly column I penned for the Petaluma Argus-Courier through 1999. This archive is nearly complete — the first few columns were typical "Calendar" fare and have been omitted. What remains is a record of gradual journalistic degeneration, with the later columns becoming alsomst entirely fiction...

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WINNER OF THE 1999 ECLECTIC RESUME AWARD: Master mime, clown, actor and sci-fi scribe (seriously) Eliot Fintushel is reprising "Franis," his one man show that uses central heating as an unlikely metaphor for a dysfunctional family's problems with shabby interpersonal communication and schizophrenia (chin up, it could have been plumbing).

Performances are at 7 p.m., April 25, May, 2 and 9 and at 7:30 p.m., April 30, May 1, 7 and 8 at Actors' Theatre, located at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Rd., Santa Rosa. Tickets are $5.

This chap's the real thing. I've seen "Franis" and highly recommend it to those interested in theater, solo or otherwise. At once challenging and hilarious, Fintushel's work is literate, provocative and unflagging in its pursuit of emotional truth - precisely what one should expect from a two-time winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Solo Performer of the Year fellowship. Fintushel has also been nominated for the prestigious Nebula Award - the coveted accolade bestowed upon science fiction's finest. Oh, and he's allergic to kryptonite.
For more information, call 523-4185 or point your browser to www.actorstheatre.com.

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