cover art by Nathan Fox
“...Kofman’s renegade investigation of endangered post-September 11 civil
liberties…
Kofman’s profanity-laced voice is
didactic, but it’s purposeful didacticism, unrepentant and self-assured….
Kofman’s ferocity is frequently hysterical and finally unsettling.
AMERICAN MAGIC…casts a lingering spell.”
David C Nichols, Los Angeles Times
“…a smart
production…something between Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater and
an extended Saturday Night Live skit.”
New York Times
“…With his cerebral
and absurdist script, Kofman interrogates the assumption of the Patriot Act:
that increased security must come at the expense of civil liberties. The play
addresses the converse―illustrating that the sacrifice of civil liberties does
not necessarily bring safety, and may, in fact, create an apocalyptic climate of
fear and violence.
...AMERICAN MAGIC has its moments of black humor and scathing political
critique….”
Nicole Citron, Show Business
“Gil Kofman’s new
farce, AMERICAN MAGIC, has the look and feel of kinky political satire. Not only
is this tweaked fable a refreshing antidote to all the post-9/11 paranoia we’ve
been tube-fed by the government and media, it also exhibits a sexy chaos not
often glimpsed onstage….”
L A Weekly
originally produced by Shock@Awe Productions in NY NY
3 M, 1 F
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