Cory Doctorow’sLittle Brotherbecomes a must-see stage play

I was lucky enough to take hold of a trailer carrying out of theCustom Made Theatre Co. ’s raw stage adaptationof Cory Doctorow ’s award - winning novel Little Brother the other day — and it was a entire marvel . Somehow , writer / director Josh Costello managed to contract the novel down to a two - hr play , without lose any of the wallop . If anything , the staged rendering come to a bit harder than the book , because of the acute , but not overstated , performances .

I ’ve heard it ’s short form to review a preview night show , because that ’s not the net version of the play and it ’s like a rehearsal with a hot audience . So I ’ll just say that the edition I saw was powerful and smart as a whip , and the roll was bank bill - perfect , especially Daniel Petzold as Marcus Yallow . ( The other two castmembers , Marissa Keltie and Cory Censoprano , have a hard project in some ways , since they toy a variety of roles throughout the show . And they ’re both bang-up as well . ) The point playing period use a lot of pre - recorded video and some very clever sets to create a lot of dissimilar options , as well as giving a primer in topics like the futility of using information - mining to catch terrorist .

Given that President Obama just sign the defense bill that actually does allow indefinite detention of American citizens who are suspected of terrorist act , this stage bid could n’t be more well-timed . According tothe Custom Made site , tonight ’s opening night is already sold out , but you may still get tickets for Thursday and most of the weekend . If you ’re in the Bay Area , this is deserving get out of your elbow room for .

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