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"What's The Word For"

"It's the one where the scientist named Frankenstein makes a bride!"
"It's the one where the scientist named Frankenstein makes a bride!"

With Melissa Hart. Photo by Lauren B. Photography.

"Hayden, turn the volume down!"
"Hayden, turn the volume down!"

With Melissa Hart. &nbsp;Photo by Lauren B. Photography.

"What's The Word For" | Media List


Statement

New play by Jeffrey Hatcher, commissioned by the Illusion Theater Company. Minneapolis, MN 2012.

Reviews

"Michael Paul Levin ... brushes aside any instinct the audience might have for pitying the character.... Levin allows ... the character to earn the audience's respect rather than grabbing it with cheap sentimentality."

-- Dominic Papatola, St. Paul Pioneer Press


"I have to hand it to Michael Paul Levin. Levin executes Hayden's limited emotional and mental vocabulary with extreme precision. It's like taking on an accent that he never drops. Boxing yourself in mentally and emotionally like that, and yet still expressing your character, that's a real challenge for an actor, as if you're asking them to fight with both arms tied behind their back, and occasionally tying their legs together as well. Levin puts up a great fight. I'd argue he wins ... because I believed his character. I didn't like him, but I believed him."

-- Matthew A. Everett, Twin Cities Daily Planet


"Levin has a tough task here, not just playing a character with a severely limited range of emotions but also playing someone who is clearly difficult to live with as he is now. ... He pulls this off with aplomb, using vocal pace to make up for the lost inflection of his voice. Levin plays the beneath-the-surface anger extremely well, giving us a clear view of the confused and angry man trapped with a mind that won't let him express himself."

-- Ed Huyck, City Pages


"The actors Melissa Hart and Michael Paul Levin – the only two performers in the show – also rise to the challenge, playing off each other brilliantly. Levin in the role of Hayden fully becomes his character ... Levin captures the daily struggles of a man with a sustained brain injury, believably..."

-- Lauren Peck, Twin Cities Metro




"Levin, known for his bright comedic performances, explores a depth and finds layers I’ve never seen in his previous work." -- John Townsend, Lavender Magazine