People's Light & Theatre Shipwrecked Review

Shipwrecked Review

By Anna Krause

A “kaleidoscope of theatricality” is one way to describe the production of Shipwrecked at People’s Light & Theatre.

Shipwrecked is very colorful in many aspects of the performance. There are hand manipulated puppets that are used by the three actors: Graham Smith, James Ijames, and Mary McCool. They also use Foley, which is a creative way of making sounds from props in the scenes. If you saw the movies Annie, and Sea Biscuit you would have seen examples of Foley.

People’s Light & Theatre takes this play and uses surprising and simple ways to incorporate the whole stage to the audience. Some ways of doing this were when Louis de Rougemont started talking about the stars. When he spotted Cassiopeia, the constellation, the place on the arch lit up which showed Cassiopeia.  

During the performance the fourth wall is totally obliterated.

People’s Light & Theatre is really working their magic because once you walk into the doors you leave your troubles behind and only focus on the show. This really shows they are dedicated to their audience members and they find creative and simple ways to share the storyline.

Shipwrecked has many different ways to describe life. The moral of the story is to never disguise the truth. Another structure of the play revolves around how sometimes in life you come across hard decisions that you have to make.  The other structure that stood out was just simply how family life affects your daily life in good and bad ways.

Shipwrecked is non-stop action and is good for all ages because it stimulates you brain which everyone needs now and then.

The one character that stood out was Bruno who was played by James Ijames. Bruno was the funniest character in the whole play because James really stepped into his part and made the audience grow more attached to Bruno as the play went on. He even plays fetch with Louis. What more can you ask for?

James also plays many other characters during the performance. They are Gunda, Bobo, an Australian Prospector, a society lady, Albert, Queen Victoria, a turtle expert,  a wombat expert, Dr. Leopold, a newsboy, a reporter, and a Lawyer.

If you are looking for a creative way to spend some time this is the place for you. You won’t be disappointed.