winner of the C B S/F D G competition
"...THE WONDERFUL TOWER is
a funny, poignant, and engrossing story centering around Humbert
Lavoignet, an unemployed mailman who has fallen into a six-month
trance.
When Humbert awakes, he
announces that God has ordered him to do something wonderful.
Humbert's inspiration is to build a tower of junk....
Humbert is willing to sacrifice
everything for the tower: his home, his marriage, and the love of
his son....
Lynne Alvarez's story is novel
and coherent....
The characters are realistic,
and speak with the simple poetry of ordinary people thrust into
extraordinary circumstances....
While it is too early, and
perhaps unimportant, to predict what place THE WONDERFUL TOWER OF
HUMBERT LAVOIGNET will hold in theatrical history, it is fair to
call it one of the best and most significant plays to open [this
year]...."
Paul Dwyer, The Times Record
(Albany)
"THE WONDERFUL TOWER OF
HUMBERT LAVOIGNET is a play about vision, faith, and
sacrifice.... Alvarez has kept HUMBERT LAVOIGNET lean, light, and
unencumbered.... genuinely entertaining and engaging...."
Jim Reilly, The Saratogian
originally produced by Capital Rep, Albany NY
4 M, 1 F
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