Bridesburg
Opening Night: January 9, 2012
Closing: January 28, 2012
Theater: Gene Frankel Theatre
Bridesburg is a darkly comic and intense look at five working-class Americans struggling to maintain their sanity while battling the hostilities of today’s economic environment. Philadelphians Matt and Kay are young parents-to-be living in the basement of Matt’s mother’s house. The impending adult responsibility coupled with the familial stresses of tight living quarters prompts their battle against family, the job market and each other.
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January 23, 2012
Some people go to the theater to escape the struggles of everyday life. If you’re one of those people, don’t see “Bridesburg.”
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January 10, 2012
Victor Kaufold’s 70-minute play Bridesburg, now at the Gene Frankel Theater deals with love-hate relationships among a dysfunctional family — a familiar subject for audiences — but does so as well as any regular theatergoer might desire.
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January 12, 2012
Bridesburg is a run-down neighborhood in south Philadelphia. If Victor Kaufold’s drama set there is any indication, you won’t want to go there . . . or to “Bridesburg,” for that matter.
READ THE REVIEWJanuary 7, 2012
Most people outside Philadelphia have probably never heard of the district of Bridesburg, a riverfront section of the city with a significant Polish population. So it’s hard to understand why playwright Victor Kaufold chose Bridesburg as the title of his new play about the plight of a poor working-class family living in that section of Philly.
READ THE REVIEWJanuary 9, 2012
Parent-child conflicts make for great drama. Everyone has parents, and it’s not too much of a stretch to say that everyone has had some conflict with those authority figures. While Victor Kaufold’s play is believable, it’s not compelling. The piece has no inciting incident, and the show simmers, attempting to boil but never quite climaxing.
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