UPDATE: Review by Jonelle Seitz in the Austin Chronicle, July 2: "Schave & Reilly, who are husband and wife and who met in clown college, are just about as charming onstage as can be. They are well-paired artists of physical comedy as well as of concept – we're not talking Ronald McDonald here. Though their work is clean enough for kids, it's timeless and layered."Tracked down on-line:
Department of Angels
by Schave & Reilley
Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale Road
Friday, June 26, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 28, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
In Department of Angels, heaven is a bureaucracy. Yep, that's right, being an Angel is an office job. Two bungling Angels clock in, sign out their equipment (halos & clouds!), and immediately fill their bureaucratic jobs with slapstick comedy antics. From their cloud cubicle, they pull pranks on each other, trip and slip and knock and fall down, and sneak samples of the peace, joy, and love they are supposed to dole out. Ultimately, they go too far. Purely ridiculous, Department of Angels is smart and uproarious vaudeville style clowning complete with whoopee cushion and red telephone.
Department of Angels is the latest offering from the slapstick geniuses, SCHAVE & REILLY in Austin, TX. Heralded as the sweet retro surprise of the fringe by the St. Paul Pioneer Press as part of the 2008 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Department of Angels received the Frontera Fringe Festival wild card Best of the Fest award in 2007.
KUT-FM audio feature on Department of Angels, Michael Lee interviewing Ben Schave and Caitlin Reilly (2 min.)
Tickets from Brown Paper Tickets
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