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ZERO, the second play written by Danny and Robert O'Connor, is a shockingly hilarious, gritty exploration via six distinct and diverse characters into the many conflicts and speedbumps a man goes through at the brink of leaving his youth and entering the dreaded adulthood he fears, wants, worries about, and has always hoped for. At what point is he compelled to let go of who he was in high school and stop making getting drunk and 'getting some' his number one priority? |
We had a very fun run at the beautiful Cox Building Playhouse in Plano, TX; so much fun that we've decided to extend again this year for 5 more nights. We are grateful to have been invited by the resident theatre company there "Rover Dramawerks" to be their guests for our second 3 week run in DFW this year along with this extension. "Rover" is a very well known and reputed theatre company with many fantastic plays to their credit in numerous locations around DFW. Click the above link to read about us from their viewpoint and then peruse the rest of their site to see the exciting season they have store this year! The theatre is located at 1517 H Avenue in Plano at the Cox Building Playhouse (across from the Courtyard Theatre). Click here to go to their Map and Directions section to make your trip to the theatre easier. Thanks, Rover!! For details about dates and times, etc., please scroll down to the first poster below.
Dallas Morning News Theatre critic Lawson Taitte called ZERO a "soulful tour-de-force" and "a winner"!! He has continued our run of great reviews since ZERO opened in April of 2006. You can see his review by clicking the link on the previous line, or click here to see our Reviews page that has the review as it was printed in the GuideLive section of the paper on Friday, August 31st.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Theater critic Mark Lowry said that the "instantly likeable actor Danny O'Connor" provided a "funny inspired performance" with "important attributes of good theatre"!! These of course are in addition to all of the great reviews we received from last year's runs which you can see on our Reviews page.
We've also received some great publicity! Mike Castalucci, the "Why Guy" from WFAA Channel 8 News had a fantastic piece on the play which ran on the newscast on Friday September 7th. To view the piece via video stream, please visit the WFAA website by clicking here.
We are thrilled with the size and enthusiasm of the audiences we've had thus far in our 2007 DFW run. We were honored to present this gem of a play in conjunction with the award winning WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Texas, where we opened on August 30th and ran through September 15th, 2007. We were very pleased with numerous sold out nights and standing ovations at every performance!
Tickets to the Plano run are selling fast, so make your reservations as soon as you can. There are currently plenty of seats available for all performances, but let's change that! While the tickets are officially non-refundable and non-exchangeable, if you have a situation where you need to exchange tickets for another date, please send us an email (see top of page for address) and we will attempt to work things out with you. So don't wait until you're certain of the date....get your tickets today! Tickets are available as described at the top of this page (phone or Internet) or at the theatre prior to each performance.
In addition to that exciting news, we are also honored that Arnold Wayne Jones of Dallas Voice named ZERO one of the "Top Ten Plays of 2006" in the Dallas-Fort Worth area! There were a whole lot of fantastic plays that he had to choose from! About ZERO,he said "Playwright and star Danny O’Connor’s one-man show was a scorchingly funny and well-conceived ditty about how men relate to one another. It was astonishingly wise and free of Gen Y cliches." In addition to the great reviews listed on our Reviews page from our run in DFW last year, in Chicago ZERO received the coveted "Highly Recommended" designation from the Chicago Reader!
If you haven't been to the show yet, the time is now to see what everyone's been talking about. We have had extremely enthusiastic audiences in both Chicago and Dallas. Also if you have already seen it, come enjoy it again! Most people who have seen the play more than once have said they enjoyed it even more the second time! While the play is mostly unchanged since last year, (so don't worry, none of your favorite characters or parts are gone), it has been updated, and each performance has its own little additions and enhancements, so every time you see it, there will be something new for you to enjoy.
Of course, please tell your friends how much fun you had and get them to come to at least one of these performances. It was due to your enthusiastic responses as well as the great reviews we received in both cities (that you can read elsewhere on this website) that we decided to bring the play back for 6 weeks to make sure everyone has a chance to see it at least once and hopefully again and again. Word of mouth is our best way of attracting new audience members, so please spread the word!!
Keep checking back for details on our plans to continue to tour the show next year in Boston and other places to be determined. See you at the show!
* - Arnold Wayne Jones, theatre critic of Dallas Voice
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