{"id":343437,"date":"2023-07-17T16:05:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/?p=343437"},"modified":"2023-07-17T16:05:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T20:05:31","slug":"2023-capital-fringe-review-ezra-pound-couldnt-sleep-here-by-john-harney-4-12-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/2023\/07\/17\/2023-capital-fringe-review-ezra-pound-couldnt-sleep-here-by-john-harney-4-12-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Capital Fringe Review: &#8216;Ezra Pound Couldn&#8217;t Sleep Here&#8217; by John Harney (4 1&frasl;2 stars)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCTA-Fringe-Reviewer-Recommended-400x400-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-343282\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCTA-Fringe-Reviewer-Recommended-400x400-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCTA-Fringe-Reviewer-Recommended-400x400-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCTA-Fringe-Reviewer-Recommended-400x400-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCTA-Fringe-Reviewer-Recommended-400x400-1.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><span class=\"dropcap dropcap3\">S<\/span>tars are born in John Harney\u2019s <em>Ezra Pound Couldn\u2019t Sleep Here<\/em>, playing now in the Capital Fringe Festival. Director Emily Dalton tasked the cast with bringing characters alive in this psychological drama. Her players hit the mark. Harney\u2019s script is a serious script with a few funny lines added to spice things up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ezra-Pound-Couldnt-Sleep-Here-800x600-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-343439\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ezra-Pound-Couldnt-Sleep-Here-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ezra-Pound-Couldnt-Sleep-Here-800x600-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ezra-Pound-Couldnt-Sleep-Here-800x600-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ezra-Pound-Couldnt-Sleep-Here-800x600-1-460x345.jpg 460w, https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ezra-Pound-Couldnt-Sleep-Here-800x600-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plot revolves around a group that targets high society open houses to rob. Suli Myrie shines as Maddy, the daughter of a former congressman, wife of a rich Georgetown daddy\u2019s boy, mother, drug addict, and closet lesbian.<\/p>\n<p>The audience meets Maddy as a patient at St. Elizabeth\u2019s mental hospital in Ward 8. She refuses to talk to anyone. That leaves no defense for lawyers as a trial for grand theft and aggravated assault nears.<\/p>\n<p>D. Scott Graham is outstanding as Mr. Summer Man, a character who may or may not be real, whom Maddy first met when he was leering into her bedroom window when she was eight and vacationing at a summer home in the Adirondacks. Maddy reported the incident to her parents and police, but the adults told her it was only a dream.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin Smith is exceptional as a self-absorbed former Congressman turned lobbyist. Anna Gencarelli plays dual roles brilliantly. First, she is a frumpy shrink attempting to weave through the situations that brought Maddy to where she is. When Gencarelli appears as Charlotte, the partner in crime, she is a sexy, cocaine-wielding temptress who seduces Maddy into an alternative lifestyle that could be Maddy\u2019s ruin.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, <em>Ezra Pound Couldn\u2019t Sleep Here<\/em> is a strong offering. See it while you can!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FOUR-AND-A-HALF-STARS11.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-132936\" src=\"https:\/\/dctheaterarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/FOUR-AND-A-HALF-STARS11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Running Time: 70 minutes, 60 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalfringe.org\/events\/ezra-pound-couldnt-sleep-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Ezra Pound Couldn&#8217;t Sleep Here<\/strong><\/em><\/a> plays on July 20 at 7:45 pm, July 22 at 8:45 pm, and July 23 at 1:00 pm presented by Valcour Island Productions at <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalfringe.org\/venues\/dcjcc-cafritz-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DCJCC &#8211; Cafritz Hall<\/a>. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalfringe.org\/events\/ezra-pound-couldnt-sleep-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>online.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre:<\/strong> Drama<br \/>\n<strong>Playwright:<\/strong> John Harney<br \/>\n<strong>Director:<\/strong> Emily Dalton<br \/>\n<strong>Performers:<\/strong> Melvin Smith, D. Scott Graham, Anna Gencarelli, Suli Myrie<br \/>\n<strong>Age Appropriateness:<\/strong> Recommended for children 13+ older<br \/>\n<strong>Profanity:<\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n<p><strong>The complete 2023 Capital Fringe Festival guidebook is online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/online.flippingbook.com\/view\/552638323\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting performances shine in this psychological drama set in DC high society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":343439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1822,18],"tags":[2448,2449],"class_list":{"0":"post-343437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2023-capital-fringe-festival","8":"category-reviews","9":"tag-emily-dalton","10":"tag-john-harney"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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