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It's a new work by Silverlake-based playwrights David Jamison and John Cady. In the theatrical tradition known as the Theater of the Absurd, Death: or The Playground takes place in the immediate present and features a pastiche of scenes from everyday life set amidst a swirling world of odd characters and dizzying scene changes. .

“We’re trying to shake up the LA theater scene a bit by challenging the sensibilities of our audience and our actors,” says Jamison, a teacher and historian. “Hopefully, people will leave this production asking themselves questions about how they’re living their lives and how we deal with those awkward pitches from life that we don’t quite know how to handle.”

Already drawing comparisons to Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Jean-Paul Sarte’s No Exit, Death: or The Playground is an ode to the beauty of language. As characters try to articulate emotions, they find themselves caught in circuitous dialogues that highlight our use of clichés and pat answers when the situations are anything but pat.

While trying to solve the mystery of a body lying prone on the stage, the main character (called simply Protagonist) is transplanted from a hospital room into a neighborhood tavern populated by his father, a grieving mother, a homeless prophet, beatniks, a self-loathing barfly, and historical characters William S. Burroughs and Paul Robeson, amongst others.

Adam plays the leading role of the Protagonist.

For more information as we get it remember to come back here.

News and Reviews

4/1/2003 - Message direct from writer/director john Cady

I really can't say enough about what Adam has brought to this production. He is incredibly gifted and dedicated, and an absolute pleasure to work with.

LA WEEKLY REVIEW
Lyric Hyperion Productions vigorously explores the meaning of life — or lack thereof — and the tragedy of moral and political inaction in a freeform show that liberally mixes together satire, drama, history and symbolism to make its many points. Adam Garcia is very good as a Candide-like protagonist who wanders through it all, a man-child at once wide-eyed and wary of everything he encounters; he delivers some the play’s best lines about the lies we mortals (especially Americans) perpetuate in order to preserve a way of life that we refuse to see is dying off before our very eyes.

LA Times
There are flashes of insight and genuine humor among the chaff, particularly a haunting story about the power of the subconscious told by William Burroughs (Gregory Humphreys) and a rambling narrative from a barfly (Ron Rogg) about a marital escapade gone wrong. And when the protagonist (excellent, sporting Adam Garcia), in whose deathbed-addled mind the entire evening might simply be a hallucination, steps forward to deliver well-modulated musings on wisdom, time and love, we could be watching a particularly engaging one-man show.

Death: or The Playground Adam spent December 5th to January 11th 2004 in Hollywood playing the lead in this new play .
WHAT IS Death: or The Playground? It's a new work by Silverlake-based playwrights David Jamison and John Cady. In the theatrical tradition known as the Theater of the Absurd, Death: or The Playground takes place in the immediate present and features a pastiche of scenes from everyday life set amidst a swirling world of odd characters and dizzying scene changes. . “We’re trying to shake up the LA theater scene a bit by challenging the sensibilities of our audience and our actors,” says Jamison, a teacher and historian. “Hopefully, people will leave this production asking themselves questions about how they’re living their lives and how we deal with those awkward pitches from life that we don’t quite know how to handle.” Already drawing comparisons to Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Jean-Paul Sarte’s No Exit, Death: or The Playground is an ode to the beauty of language. As characters try to articulate emotions, they find themselves caught in circuitous dialogues that highlight our use of clichés and pat answers when the situations are anything but pat. While trying to solve the mystery of a body lying prone on the stage, the main character (called simply Protagonist) is transplanted from a hospital room into a neighborhood tavern populated by his father, a grieving mother, a homeless prophet, beatniks, a self-loathing barfly, and historical characters William S. Burroughs and Paul Robeson, amongst others. Adam plays the leading role of the Protagonist. For more information as we get it remember to come back here. News and Reviews 4/1/2003 - Message direct from writer/director john Cady I really can't say enough about what Adam has brought to this production. He is incredibly gifted and dedicated, and an absolute pleasure to work with. LA WEEKLY REVIEW Lyric Hyperion Productions vigorously explores the meaning of life — or lack thereof — and the tragedy of moral and political inaction in a freeform show that liberally mixes together satire, drama, history and symbolism to make its many points. Adam Garcia is very good as a Candide-like protagonist who wanders through it all, a man-child at once wide-eyed and wary of everything he encounters; he delivers some the play’s best lines about the lies we mortals (especially Americans) perpetuate in order to preserve a way of life that we refuse to see is dying off before our very eyes. LA Times There are flashes of insight and genuine humor among the chaff, particularly a haunting story about the power of the subconscious told by William Burroughs (Gregory Humphreys) and a rambling narrative from a barfly (Ron Rogg) about a marital escapade gone wrong. And when the protagonist (excellent, sporting Adam Garcia), in whose deathbed-addled mind the entire evening might simply be a hallucination, steps forward to deliver well-modulated musings on wisdom, time and love, we could be watching a particularly engaging one-man show.	Pictures courtesy of Lynchperion Theatre. click for larger versions. Thanks to John and Candice DEATH LINKS www.lyrichyperion.com