Comments on: ‘Nest’ Nuts Net 5 Ed Heads

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:59:40 +0000

Ed, Just wanted to let you know that Luther and I really enjoyed your show last night. You really went deep into character, it was great to see. The rest of the cast took on their characters in depth as well, there was someone interesting to observe wherever my eyes went. I was also admiring the set, (the window and control room in particular) Great Show! Would love to come back for more Gateway Players shows.
Jeanne

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:44:18 +0000

Great show!! Those 5 “Ed’s Heads” (and the great review on the Worcester Telegram site) are very well deserved.

And I didn’t know that Ed had all that rage buried deep within him… If I had known that, I would have been more careful when I was stealing his beer while we were roommates…

By: Aunt Sharon

Aunt Sharon — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:43:25 +0000

Well, I’ve seen my second Humphries stage debut in as many months, and they couldn’t have been more different than if they were running against each other for President. No beautiful Alps, no beatific nuns, and certainly no fresh-scrubbed faces being serenaded by a soaring songbird that radiated through to the audience. Instead we have an institutional green set, no nonsense nurses, a cast of asylum inmates being led by a renegade, and all under the control of the out-of-control Aide Warren, our own Mr. Ed. Anybody else dressed in that much white would have been selling ice cream to the little kiddies, but here his starched shirt and pants just gave gave him an extra stiffness that told the audience not to be looking for a tender redemptive moment at the end of the play. This boy was not bending.

The play itself was wonderful. The minimal set worked beautifully, and the characters were perfectly cast. Taking OB1’s advice, I watched the inmates in the background while listening to the dialogue, the silent action between them was priceless, and I am certain, different every night. At one point with Martini, I told Ron to make him stop or I was going to have to leave the theater.However, nothing prepared me for dear sweet, master-of-the mushy-stuff Ed’s performance as Aide Warren.

From the moment he entered, roughing up his ” patients”, we knew we were seeing as side of our blessed nephew that has just never come out at family parties. Even in the background, he looked pissed and irritated that he had to come into work today…and yet, he would feel better if he could just toss one around. He scowled and grimaced, and even seemed to be having conversations in the nurses station that told me he was endlessly complaining about them and what he would reeeaaaalllly like to do if he ran the joint. His fight scene was awesome, and if I could have gotten down from my seat, I’d have helped the Chief TAKE YOU OUT!! But he seemed to be doing okay on his own.

All in all, it was a great staging of a great play.I truly hope that you continue this untapped talent-if only to give ” the other Ed” an outlet before he hurts somebody we love. Plus, your stories are pretty good. And you are now a verb, as in ” Pulling a Warren” or ” I feel a Warren coming on!”

I think Uncle Ron said it best at the intermission when we were talking about Raging Ed…
” This is coming waaaaay too easy to him…”

By: Sandra Baby

Sandra Baby — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:42:06 +0000

I recovered slowly, but I will be in the basement with high hair and fishnets. Bring it on Biotches!

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:13:24 +0000

Oh great, I sidelined Sandra. Looks like we’re going to need a new “lady of the night” this evening.

By: Sandra Baby

Sandra Baby — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:57:01 +0000

It’s friday afternoon just sitting down for some lunch and decide to finally catch up on some emails. 164 new messages in mailbox….uuuuuggghhhh! So after diligently deleting SPAM, something catches my pretty little eyes. Ed Humphries Cuckoo Nest Post…AAAAAAHHHHH redemption, finally something intelligent to read…….i have sandwich stuck in my throat and juice spilling from my nostrils…..Awesome!

By: Billy AKA Martini

Billy AKA Martini — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:28:31 +0000

Huh, who’s Martini? Oh, ya, the guy sitting next to George.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:49:01 +0000

Martini is right. He’s the hardest working schizo in show-biz.

In fact, he’s collected enough drool to clone his own army of Ruckleys.

By: Billy AKA Martini

Billy AKA Martini — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:39:55 +0000

…and PS, don’t go changing your name to Bill or Will or William or anything else…I’m confused enough…isn’t that right George?

By: Billy AKA Martini

Billy AKA Martini — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:30:13 +0000

Bats “doing it” ?!?!?!? Sweetie, you ain’t seen nothing till you’ve gone up to that prop room on a dark night. Wild Kindom doesn’t have so much wildlife!

And of course the barn has seats…we’ve come a long way since Mickey and Judy were putting on shows there (If you don’t know who Mickey and Judy are/were you’re too young to be beating on poor old men in an institute.)

And as far as Martini being sane…well, of course he is! Who types up the Patient Council Minutes on his Corona 320 Selectric, Who passes out the best appetizers at the party, Who finds the BEST Bobby Vinton albums to play, Who cleans up Ruckley’s dool, Who won a silver medal in the Gateway Olympics, Who blindly follows the crowd happily on any tangent, Who defends the ward against enemy combatants in the dayroom AND WHO, I ask you, has the MOST invisible friends on the ward….372 to be exact? Jeesh, you think an insane person could do all that?!?!? Someone has to look out for the rest of you!