BY SHONIQUE SALMON
UNTITLED MASTERPIECE is a comedy about love, success, and other lies you were told in college. The play opens with Joseph, the main character, just graduating with his Bachelors degree from college. His new found happiness is cut short when he realizes that he needs to make some money to pay off his college loans.
Joseph wants a job that makes a difference, but soon learns how difficult it is to find that kind of work. Joseph is stuck – he can’t get an apartment without a job, he can’t get a without experience, he can’t get experience without a job, and so on and so forth. Joseph is forced to move in with his friend from college, the cliché character who always slacked off in school, but still got the best grades. His friend shares the house with a Native American anarchist lesbian and a southern African American Hasidic bisexual.
In a twist of events, Joseph is thrown into a game show that mocks real life situations, such as finding a job and an apartment, meeting people, having sex, etc. In the end Joseph realizes that his life is pretty much dictated by the people surrounding him. He works to create his own identity and to find his own place in the world, and tells everyone to stop telling him what to do.
UNTITLED MASTERPIECE is a nice parody of real life after college. It had a lot of weird characters and crazy situations that you wouldn’t actually see in real life, yet at the same time, it portrayed realistic messages. The director also used interesting technique, such as breaking the fourth wall, to capture the audience’s attention. The actors were also very committed in their multiple roles.
UNTITLED MASTERPIECE by Patrick Flynn is presented as part of FringeNYC. For more information visit www.untitledmasterpiece.com
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