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“The Servant of Two Masters” is a Master Class in Pantomime
Synetic Theater Jordan Wright April 9, 2022 Special to The Alexandria Times
Vato Tsikurishvili as Truffaldino and Maryam Najafzada as Smeraldina in Synetic’s The Servantof Two Masters. Photo by Johnny Shryock Photography
In a triumphant post-Covid return to the stage, […]
Jordan Wright July 23, 2019 Special to The Alexandria Times
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
Set sail for adventure with Synetic Theater’s lively production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale, Treasure […]
Jordan Wright February 14, 2019
Maryam Najafzaga as Roxanne – Photo credit is Johnny Shryock
Talk about drama! With a scant 24-hour notice Vato Tsikurishvili was thrust into the role of Cyrano when leading man Justin Bell fell ill. Vato, a consummate performer and teacher, has performed in countless Synetic productions – his […]
Jordan Wright October 10, 2018
Warning: This is not your childhood storybook version of Sleepy Hollow. Thanks to Director Paata Tsikurishvili, Washington Irving just got woke. This reimagining foretells a far darker, far cooler, swashbuckling horror story of a headless horseman and his nemesis, Ichabod Crane. Zombie lovers, this one’s for you.
Jordan Wright April 28, 2018
Shakespeare’s first play, Titus Andronicus, was written for pure shock value. It’s considered a revenge play and his purpose was to get noticed and to one up his competition. A sort of revenge of the playwright, if you will. It worked. In today’s world, it would probably be categorized […]
Jordan Wright December 15, 2016 Special to The Alexandria Times
Irina Tsikurishvili, the Witch – Photo Credit: Johnny Shryock
A rather streamlined presentation of what we’ve come to expect from Synetic Theater’s no-dialogue series, is Sleeping Beauty. We half-mad aficionados of this famed Georgian troupe have been spoiled by a cast of […]
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