Tornado

Actors Co-op Theatre
1760 N. Gower Street Hollywood

Set in the aftermath of the devastating 2012 Oklahoma tornado, Jade, a college student at Oklahoma Baptist University, and Becca, a corporate lawyer from New York City, have come to volunteer in the clean-up efforts. When a Chick-fil-A lunch truck arrives to offer free lunch to the volunteers, their vastly different cultural perspectives clash head-on, and they must struggle to set aside their differences for the good of the tornado victim they hope to serve.

Thru - May 28, 2023

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Stage Scene LA - Somewhat Recommended

"...Three very different women comb the wreckage of a devastating natural disaster in Chris Cragin-Day's Tornado, a largely engaging Actors Co-op World Premiere, but one that ties things up rather too abruptly to be entirely satisfying."

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- Steven Stanley

Stage Raw - Somewhat Recommended

"...But under Linda Kerns' direction, not all three performances are quite together yet. Carlson's Tanya is an empathetic presence - numb with shock but not so much she fails to perceive the emotional maelstrom of others. The performer takes her time yet her languidness works. As Jade, Salvini works hard to cultivate her character's unthinking naivete; it's still an effort in progress. McLean, who speaks in a consistently strident manner, sells her Becca short by emphasizing her disdain for the religiosity and general unworldliness of the other two women; she needs both more vulnerability and generosity for the drama to work."

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- Deborah Klugman

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