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Young Hormones go down a dangerous path in the revealing story about two couples, who after living with each other for some time, decide that it would spice up their domestic partnerships by having a four-way. Three is bad enough, but with four hands, legs and torsos tumbling about on a bed, someone is going to be left out. This momentary evening of lust is now just the beginning of the mental horrors that will begin to haunt them ... Men can be such shits, don't you think? After the deed is done, someone is always jealous. The partner invariably asks -
Magic Theatre and Encore Theatre Company are currently presenting Atlanta playwright Steve Yockey's Octopus, now extended through June 21. There have been so many gay stories that center on AIDS and promiscuity that the theme has become a cliché. However, the playwright presents it in a new and rather unique way. Octopus, a fast-paced play, does not seem to know what direction it wants to take. There are realistic scenes between a young gay couple who are suddenly confronted by AIDS. The playwright uses, in metaphysical terms, an octopus that lives under the sea ready to inundate both the young and old couples The play becomes very metaphorical after a rain soaked telegraph man knocks on the door to hand them a telegram. Water comes pouring into the front of the stage and later everywhere in the apartment becomes allegorical. Even the last scene is reminiscent of a Greek tragedy. Octopus has been called
Patrick Alparone is a young actor of tantalizing range and promise. From the moment he appears in the space, silent and aquiline as a Trappist monk in his black hoodie, one senses the weight this prince bears on his shoulders as well as his mocking intelligence. When Alparone says, "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt," you believe that his own flesh might "thaw and resolve itself into a dew" at any moment. When he blathers on about hawks and handsaws to Polonius, you instantly know his raving is all a joke at the expense of the blustering old man. Despite the intensity of the performance, Alparone brings a sardonic sense of humor and a lithe physicality to the role.
  By Chloe Veltman, Karen McKevitt
Patrick Alparone inhabits the character so authentically that he makes iambic pentameter sound as natural as slang, and he deftly maneuvers through both youthfully emotional and darkly intellectual terrain.
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With a bit of nudity, swearing and sex, The Little Dog Laughed is quirky and caustic, sassy and sardonic, witty and wickedly funny--and at times unexpectedly poignant. The B Street Theatre offers up this edgy, satirical peek into the shadowy side of show business, and into the lonely closet of a gay actor who is scared to risk his rising hetero heartthrob reputation. To further reveal the hypocrisy of the entertainment world, actor Mitchell is up for a
played with appealing intensity by Patrick Alparone  
by Chad Jones
Patrick Alparone smolders as Steven, who calls himself Shithead and dreams of the dark goddess Panzoor. He has the Goth hand moves down, and his litany of hated things ("Smoothies. Dave Matthews.") intersects nicely with Nicky's description of a disappointing post-coital moment.
  By Lisa Drostova
 
 
Patrick James Alparone is both compelling and appalling as Constantine, Patrick Sullivan, North Bay Bohemian
 

 

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