Everything Is Established, by Physical Plant Theatre

by David Glen Robinson
Published on February 15, 2015

Two masterless servants and a mail-order bride: a strong cast with immense comedic skills delivers Hannah Kenah's absurdism with high comedy and memorable energy.

Physical Plant Theater presents Everything is Established in its premiere run at the Off Center, east Austin. The play was written and directed by Hannah Kenah, more familiar in her acting roles, notably with Physical Plant Theater and The Rude Mechanicals. Kenah has given us something bold and creatively uncategorizable; it would be unfair to slap a label on it. Ticket buyers who prefer to create their own labels will agree that the show is …

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Review: Adam Sultan by Physical Plant Theatre

by David Glen Robinson
Published on March 30, 2012

The Adam Sultan puppeteers pushed this envelope or bent this frame in several ways. First and most fundamentally, the puppeteers manipulated and changed the human actors throughout the play; they did so subtly as they reshaped postures and stances of the living to reflect advancing age.

For the committed theatergoer, this was a long-awaited premiere. The blended live-action and puppet play previewed at the 2012 Fusebox Festival.  The preview tantalized audiences with its potential for taking many different directions.   The premiere at the Salvage Vanguard Theatre on March 28 satisfied our aroused curiosity with a long sequence of wise story choices.  They took us through some surprising ways yet never strayed from its emotional heart. Sure, it was about death, and innovative …

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