To kick off its season, Gloucester Stage Company is presenting the New England Premiere of John Kolvenbach's slapstick comedy, "Bank Job." Director Robert Walsh has assembled a sextet of some of the area's finest comedic actors to tell the tale of a bank heist gone terribly wrong. Johnny Lee Davenport, Shuyl Jia, Richard McElvain, Paul Melendy, and Nael Nacer put themselves through a dizzying array of physical and emotional contortions as they tell the implausible tale of two brothers who set out to rob a bank and attempt to escape through a window in the Executive Washroom. The cop who runs them down in the bathroom stalls is quickly compromised, but then there is a plot twist when a female bank employee uses her wits to trump the robbers and the cop. The action is fast-paced. Mr. Kolvenbach's writing can be a bit formulaic, and the characters not all fully developed, but these fine actors make the most of the material, and deliver a thoroughly entertaining performance.
About the Play
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| Paul Melendy as Russell Johnny Lee Davenport as Dale Nael Nacer as Tracey Shuyl Jia as Jill "Bank Job" by John Kolvenbach Gloucester Stage Company Through June 10th Photo by Gary Ng |
About the Play
For two brothers new to the armed robbery industry, what seems like easy money turns out to be a lot more difficult than it looks in the movies in John Kolvenbach’s Bank Job. When heist plans A and B (and C through F) fail, Tracey and Russell find themselves locked in the bank bathroom with no choice but to depend on a brave bank teller, a guileless cop, and the man in the shadows who put them up to the whole thing. Directed by GSC Artistic Director Robert Walsh, Bank Job is a fun comedy about the holes we dig ourselves into—and the unexpected comrades we trust to dig us out.
The New England premiere of John Kolvenbach’s Bank Job runs May 19 through June 10 at Gloucester Stage. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 pm at Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.
Enjoy!
Al
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