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Dreamstealers by Stephen Jacob

Review by Robert Avila in SF Bay Guardian January 22, 2003

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FoolsFury wraps up a very respectable season with the premiere of associate artistic director Stephen Jacob's quirky but committed "science fable." Sort of Pinocchio meets Frankenstein meets Doctor Who (in verse!), the story revolves around a slightly mad intergalactic corporate CEO named Head Greek (Jacob) who, with the assistance of two scheming Harpies with engineering degrees (Cat Thompson and Jessica Jelliffe), has manufactured a son, a "new post-human man" named Dreamboy (Ian Scott McGregor Jursco). This largely comedic two-act has a wistful strand running through it as A.I. guy naturally outgrows his original design, reaching for all things human, including a bit of fluff in the form of a hijacked somnambulator named, well, Sleepwalker (Lindsay Anderson). The Harpies are far from alone in scheming, for various reasons, to derail project Dreamboy, and I should add that the whole thing is terribly upsetting to Mother Nature (Naomi Stein), who seems on the verge of rebellion or collapse. Director Ben Yalom cast well and gets strong performances all around, with especially impressive work from Anderson and Jursco. At nearly three hours, though, the play could stand some trimming. (Avila) 1-866-GOT-FURY, www.ticketweb.com. $15-25 (Thursdays in Jan, pay what you can). Thurs-Sat, 8pm. Through Feb 15.

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