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The Route 66 Theatre Company in association with the Vs. Theatre Company of Los Angeles
By John Kovenbach
Directed by Ron Klier
With Johnny Clark and Stef Tovar
The inaugural production of The Route 66 Theatre Company, ON AN AVERAGE DAY received huge critical acclaim during its March 2008 sold out run in Los Angeles. An emotionally harrowing yet subtly compassionate work, ON AN AVERAGE DAY recalls the brutal family-dysfunction dramas of Sam Shepard coupled with the enigmatic subtext of Harold Pinter?s works.
ON AN AVERAGE DAY first premiered in London?s West End in 2002, starring Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan and directed by John Crowley. Both black comedy and psychological drama, ON AN AVERAGE DAY tells the story of the emotional fog surrounding the relationship between two estranged brothers. Robert is clearly in desperate trouble and unraveling, just as his neat and controlled brother Jack arrives after a long absence. The piece evokes the tension of a
mystery thriller though the lens of brutal family dysfunction.
Variety called ON AN AVERAGE DAY "A searing, often hilarious history of family disintegration that benefits from helmer Ron Klier's relentless, in your face, staging, Clark offers a tour de force portrait of a chaotic, paranoid soul victimized by jagged shards of memory, rendering him incapable of providing direct responses to anything...Tovar communicates the weight of memory and guilt that finally reduces Jack to a level of hopelessness that far outdistances that of his younger sibling." The Los Angeles Times raved that the show is "authoritatively rendered by director Ron Klier and performers Johnny Clark and Stef Tovar, who give performances of virtuostic volatility and depth..." Critics Choice. BackStage said
"the piece evokes the tension of a crafty mystery thriller, though its ultimate payoff is profound emotional resonance. A riveting emotional duel." CurtainUp.com called the production "mind-boggling in its intensity...a play that is beyond awesome!"
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