Total Rating: 
**1/2
Ended: 
August 9, 2008
Country: 
USA
State: 
Texas
City: 
Dallas
Company/Producers: 
WingSpan Theater Company as part of Festival of Independent Theaters (FIT)
Theater Type: 
Regional Festival
Theater: 
Bath House Cultural Center
Theater Address: 
521 East Lawther Drive
Genre: 
Comedy-Drama
Author: 
Sherry Kramer
Director: 
Susan Sargeant
Review: 

 WingSpan Theater Company's staging of Sherry Kramer's new play, A Permanent Signal, is a U.S. premiere. It features two of Dallas' most gifted comedic actors, Beverly Jacob Daniel and Lulu Ward, and a talented, up-and-coming Jennifer Youle.

The Siren sisters, Betty (Daniel) and Noreen (Ward) planted sweetness in Mary (Youle) several millennia ago. They have returned to Earth to reap what they sowed, but it seems their "crop" has morphed into something not quite as sweet as they planted.

A Permanent Signal is a whimsical imagining of all thing gone awry. The stellar acting, aided by Susan Sargeant's clever staging, compensates for the script. Worth a look-see if only to watch Daniel and Ward's comic antics.

Cast: 
Lulu Ward, Beverly Jacob Daniel
Critic: 
Rita Faye Smith
Date Reviewed: 
August 2008