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In COCKROACH, the weird poetics of Martin Schwartz's texts react with the volatile physicality of Margery Fairchild's choreography and mise-en-scene to create a vision of contemporary urban life that is as exhilaratingly theatrical as it is unsettling.
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Martin Schwartz (Writer) Martin came to the theatre as a means of uniting two of his great loves: literature and physical reality.
Martin joined Margery Fairchild to become the other half of Dark Porch Theatre this year, and jumped right in as assistant director, dramaturg, script editor, and other roles for the The In Betweens.
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Her play, with Martin Schwartz, The In Betweens, was a a sold-out phenomenon at Exit Stage Left this past May.
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Artistic director Margery Fairchild, capably assisted by dramaturge and codirector Martin Schwartz, crafts an appealingly fanciful tale grounded in the socio-political strains and fashions of the time, but with the good sense not to take itself too seriously.