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Faith Dickenson of
The Tolucan Times had to say:
If you're familiar with Whose
Line Is It Anyway? or any other comedy improv groups,
you'll know what to expect from Slow…Children at
Play. The audience participates quite a bit, so
if you come to their performance. Come prepared to have
a lot of fun and be part of the show.
The Slow…Children at Play
cast quickly moved through one improv exercise after
another, beginning with "Object of the Joke" where the
host, Tim Simek, gathers objects from the audience and
has the cast give their interpretation of what else
they could be used for. Their responses were clever
and, at times, a little racy.
"Well, Actually" has Tim Simek
taking suggestions from the audience for different circumstances
to throw at the characters. Every time Tim rings a bell,
the cast has to do a complete reverse of their previous
sentence, making up stories as they go along. One of
the audience favorites was "Movie Makeover," which had
ET, portrayed by Gretchen Massey, doing all sorts of
obscene gestures.
Some of the activities actually
kept you on the edge of your seat because the audience
was privy to information that was kept from the cast
members. Most notable was "Three Things," where Matt
Daniger had to guess the activities that were suggested
by the audience. The other cast members had to mime
and speak in gibberish to convey the activity to Matt.
The cast worked well together
and the show moved along quickly through the various
exercises. It was both amusing and entertaining. Directed
by actor and founder Tim Simek, the talented cast also
includes Melissa Graves, Tammie Calhoun, Chris Cause,
Davis Choh, Chas Mitchell, Susanne Stoeckeler and Steve
Wallace.
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