United Solo 2016 presents:

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DEATH, HERSELF

Theatre Row
410 West 42nd St.
NY NY 10036
17 September 2016


Can Death die? He can if he has trained his replacement. This is the story of how Death enlisted and trained a middle-aged waitress named Dorothy to take over this valuable and necessary service. Dorothy is played with sweet understatement by Douglass Truth who also wrote this solo show. Truth has a face as comfy as a well-worn pair of jeans. You can tell he has been through a lot, but that has only deepened the expressiveness of his face. Like Eddie Izzard, Truth dresses femininely with makeup and pearls, but is not a drag queen. There is no exaggeration about either Truth or Dorothy. And yet in Dorothy’s quiet way, there is a great deal of humor.

AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH DEATH, HERSELF is funny, touching and sweet, but never mawkish. When it comes time for me, I can only hope to be guided by Dorothy to the other side!

- Jean Tait -