What if you told the truth to everyone—friends, family, people that you screwed over? Playwright Itamar Moses (The Band’s Visit) presents this question in The Whistleblower in a world premiere production. Theater Wit artistic director Jeremy Wechsler directs the play, keeping the edges sharp and the punchlines—well punchy. The premise is not only telling the truth but also how people receive the truth.
Screenwriter Eli (Ben Faigus) has been plugging away for years of drivel that barely gets produced. His agent Dan (a hilarious William Anthony Sebastian Rose II) gets Eli in front of producer Richard (Michael Kostroff) to pitch his latest idea. It’s all going well and then Eli has a revelation of some inner wisdom and decides to walk away from it all. Eli begins his hero’s journey of truth-telling and Faigus gives an okay performance as a man on a mission.
William Anthony Sebastian Rose II, Rae Gray, and Ben Faigus. Photo by Charles Osgood.
Eli is charged with waxing metaphysical about the inside not matching the outer trappings that he has pursued for years. After a couple of times explaining why he is telling the truth to the people in his life, the dialogue starts to fall flat and is rescued by the characters who think that something is wrong with him. Eli’s girlfriend Allison (Julia Alvarez) is the first person he drops the truth bomb on. Alvarez’s performance as an actor whose series may be getting canceled is inspired. It seems that Allison and her characters are...
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