Pepperoni pizza with a side of psychic
UA drama department presented student play about telekinesis and waiting tables
Jose Lopez, Staff Writer
Issue date: 10/19/05 Section: Lifestyles
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Despite the serious issue at hand, "Psychic Pizza" is really a comedy, as proven by the constant laughs from audience members during the Friday performance.
"You don't want to preach to people too much," Edwards said. "It's good to have that comic stuff."
She said her play went through eight drafts before the final product went to the stage last week.
"A lot of people would read it and they would give me their input," she said.
Once the actors began reading it, Edwards said she continued re-writing according to the actors' demands.
Perhaps the most important change she made was the inclusion of character Tommy Rauch, an African-American young man who is assumed to be a criminal by some of the other characters.
Tommy delivers the pizzas after Will "receives" the orders from the customers. Business picks up thanks to these two.
But as fate would have it, their obsessive-compulsive customer Roxie Pickles finds a toe in her salad, immediately blaming Tommy by saying it belonged to his amputee mother.
Carla fires the two, and then has to deal with speaking to the media about the situation, a possible lawsuit from Roxie, running out of business, and character Malcolm Gentry's pressure to sell him the place to turn it into a Starbucks.
Malcolm also insists on making a relationship with Carla's complaining daughter and employee Denise because he is her biological father.
Carla has had about enough and decides to give in to Malcolm's demands, to the disappointment of everyone else.
However, in the end, Roxie finds out the toe in her salad was Malcolm's ploy to make money off gentrification, having pulled similar stunts in other places nearby.
Roxie drops her lawsuit, and Carla rehires the psychic mastermind and the good-hearted delivery driver.
Brick Street Pizza is back and will remain in business thanks to their ultra wireless system of ordering and delivering.
Edwards said she was happy with the end result of the play.
"These actors found the characters I was writing for," she said. "I think I'm going to let [the play] go into the world...and find another director and another cast."
"You don't want to preach to people too much," Edwards said. "It's good to have that comic stuff."
She said her play went through eight drafts before the final product went to the stage last week.
"A lot of people would read it and they would give me their input," she said.
Once the actors began reading it, Edwards said she continued re-writing according to the actors' demands.
Perhaps the most important change she made was the inclusion of character Tommy Rauch, an African-American young man who is assumed to be a criminal by some of the other characters.
Tommy delivers the pizzas after Will "receives" the orders from the customers. Business picks up thanks to these two.
But as fate would have it, their obsessive-compulsive customer Roxie Pickles finds a toe in her salad, immediately blaming Tommy by saying it belonged to his amputee mother.
Carla fires the two, and then has to deal with speaking to the media about the situation, a possible lawsuit from Roxie, running out of business, and character Malcolm Gentry's pressure to sell him the place to turn it into a Starbucks.
Malcolm also insists on making a relationship with Carla's complaining daughter and employee Denise because he is her biological father.
Carla has had about enough and decides to give in to Malcolm's demands, to the disappointment of everyone else.
However, in the end, Roxie finds out the toe in her salad was Malcolm's ploy to make money off gentrification, having pulled similar stunts in other places nearby.
Roxie drops her lawsuit, and Carla rehires the psychic mastermind and the good-hearted delivery driver.
Brick Street Pizza is back and will remain in business thanks to their ultra wireless system of ordering and delivering.
Edwards said she was happy with the end result of the play.
"These actors found the characters I was writing for," she said. "I think I'm going to let [the play] go into the world...and find another director and another cast."
