Time: 8:00pm
When: - Saturday July 11th
Where: Phoenix Theatre
Phone: (317) 635-7529
Website: http://www.phoenixtheatre.org
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Bryan Fonseca’s presentation is full frontal gutsy and teetering bravely toward ridiculous. The play opens as two gay couples meet for wine and partner swapping. Playwright Steven Yockey’s easygoing dialogue observes the differences between new couples, who try too hard to please/control one another, and old couples, who dig on their mates’ foibles. I forgive his two overly long and didactic speeches about facing death and what it means to love someone all the way. Jason Gloye, Ricardo Melendez, Ben Snyder and Nate Walden take what could be just four lovable tan, pumped up gay stereotypes into some dark-night-of-the-soul territory and then emerge in a fairy tale ending. The way "Octopus" swings for the extremes makes for 90 minutes of trippy, very enjoyable theater. Through July 11. --Josfa Beyer

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