Considering the preceding ambivalence about the quality of my performance ...while affecting the audience is what is all about, really, it doesn't hurt when members of the audience go away and write their praise in public places, either.
"Trevor Schmidt’s Mockingbird Close, however, is the tightly written, well-explored highlight of both evenings. Like a Grimm fairy tale set in middle-class suburbia, it spins a dark, poetic tale of Iris and Hank’s routine suburban life gone horribly awry after their child disappears. Performers Jeremy Thomson and Tiana Leonty nail their multiple-personality performances, switching from creepy neighbour to lonely, horny neighbour and back. Schmidt has an uncanny knack for giving each brief little character snippet unexpected depth, too, making every encounter much more gripping. It’s the best show in the two night collection, and one of the most gripping one acts I’ve ever seen. "
PAUL BLINOV - Vue Weekly
There you have it. I'm going to stop talking about how much I suck now. The actor serves the story, after all, and if the story works...
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