“A Picasso” January 8, 2010

A Picasso
By Jeffery Hatcher
at the Mercury Cafe
Directed by Robert Kramer
After a successful run in Golden, Miners Alley Playhouse brings “A Picasso” to the Mercury Café, 2199 California St. in Denver. Chris Kendall and Paige Lynn Larson reprise their roles as Picasso and Miss Fischer. Performances are Friday, January 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling 303-294-9258.
Paris, 1941. Pablo Picasso (Chris Kendall) has been summoned from his favorite café by German occupation forces to a storage vault across the city for an interrogation. His questioner; Miss Fischer (Paige Lynn Larson), a beautiful "cultural attaché" from Berlin. Her assignment: discover which of the three Picasso paintings recently "confiscated" by the Nazis from their Jewish owners are real. The ministry of propaganda has planned an exhibit, and only the great artist himself can attest to their authenticity. What Miss Fischer finds leads to a cat-and-mouse drama about art and politics; sex and truth and a twist at its climax.
Chris Kendall has received a 2009 Denver Post Ovation Nomination as Best Actor in a Dramatic Role for his portrayal as Picasso in “A Picasso” and Paige Lynn Larson is nominated for Best Season by an Actress for her roles in the Miners Alley productions “A Picasso,” “Enchanted April” and the And Toto, too’s production of “Heads.”
“Kendall's portrayal is utterly believable.. As his antithesis, Larson's Miss Fischer is every bit as genuine…” Kurt Brighton - Denver Post, ***1/2 (out of four stars).

“Jeffrey Hatcher's “A Picasso” is a collision of art and politics that stuns! Chris Kendall and Paige Larson invigorate two superbly written characters with indelibly brilliant performances.” David Marlowe – Life on Capitol Hill & OutFront Colorado
Mercury Café / Miners Alley Playhouse
“A Picasso”
A cat-and-mouse drama about art, politics, sex and truth, with a twist at its climax.
Friday January 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 7:30 p. m. Tickets: $10 - Mercury Café, 2199 California St., Denver. Reservations at 303-294-9258 - www.mercurycafe.com
* contains adult language.