FULLY COMMITTED

by Becky Mode

directed by Sharon Graci
Circular Congregational Church
Dec 2–20, 2008

“Give up one evening of shopping this holiday, and treat yourself to an hysterical production of Becky Mode's Fully Committed. The 90-minute, one-man comedy stars Rodney Lee Rogers, co-founder of PURE Theatre, and a positively brilliant mimic.” —Carol Furtwangler, Post & Courier

“Ninety Minutes of Joy:
Fully Committed to PURE Theatre”

“Fully Committed is like nothing else in the PURE repertoire: A comedy, with one actor playing dozens of roles (the count fluctuates; Graci’s latest is 28), with all the action taking place in the basement of Manhattan's trendiest restaurant. It’s satirical and relentlessly clever, but Mode is miles away from the Neil LaBute/David Mamet style that informs so many of this company's best moments.” —Dan Conover, Charleston City Paper (Read the full City Paper preview)

“A Pause That Refreshes:
Rodney Lee Rogers' Sam is fully developed”

“Fully Committed manages to be rapid-fire funny without being slapstick or blunt-object obvious, and it does so via an inventive one-man conceit that on this night evoked 36 characterizations (your mileage may vary). Sam is an actor working as a reservations clerk in the basement of an excruciatingly fashionable Manhattan restaurant. It’s December. He’s got a recently widowed father home alone in South Bend, an absurdly dysfunctional work environment, and a stage career stuck on a treadmill of disappointment.” —Dan Conover, Charleston City Paper (Read the full City Paper review)