Sean Power - Reviews & Interviews

Stuck
Jan 1997 - OFF:
"Preview: Stuck"

Preview: Stuck

Sean Power performs in "Stuck"

Herbert Huncke, the drifter who arguably inspired the term 'beat,' described a man on the street to Allen Ginsberg as "exhausted, at the bottom of the world, looking up or out, sleepless, wide-eyed, perceptive, rejected by society, streetwise."

Playwright David Rubinoff draws on this observation for his characterization of Jack, the focus of Stuck. Rubinoff's one-man, multi-character play (called the "best new play of 1996" by Toronto Life Magazine).

Jack, who believes himself to be a modern-day Kerouac, navigates an array of urban hazards in search of weed, love, and work. In a colloquial, stream-of-consciousness manner, Rubinoff updates the style and energy of the Beats to a modern social context: the rebellious excitement of the Beat Fifties - minus the hope.

Rubinoff says, "I know a lot of artists will relate to the story because it's about the difficulties of being a creative person in a society that doesn't always value that."

David Rubinoff is the author of five plays, one of which ("Tiny Addictions") will be premiering in Atlanta in February. His work has been produced professionally in Canada for the past three years.

Sean Power plays Jack, the struggling gay drug-addicted actor in a "bravura performance." (-Jon Kaplan, Theater Week.)

Performed eight nights only at HERE, Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30, from February 7 through March 1. See listings.