Farce is one of the hardest forms of theater to pull off well, and this cast has attacked it with incredible energy, precision, and fearlessness every single day. Watching this company throw themselves into the chaos of Moon Over Buffalo has been one of the great joys of this process. Doors slam. Tempers explode. It is organized theatrical chaos, and when it works, there is nothing funnier.
What makes farce so satisfying is that it demands complete commitment. The stakes for the characters are enormous, even when the situations become wildly absurd. The audience gets to enjoy the collision between total seriousness and total ridiculousness. Timing becomes everything. One second too early or too late and the joke disappears. Every entrance, every pause, every double take matters.
This show is also physically exhausting. Some actors barely leave the stage before sprinting back on through another door. There are quick changes, falls, frantic pacing, and moments where keeping a straight face feels nearly impossible. The cast has worked tirelessly to build the stamina and trust needed to make this kind of comedy land night after night.
At its heart, Moon Over Buffalo is a love letter to theater people: passionate, dramatic, exhausted, stubborn, and endlessly committed to putting on the show no matter what goes wrong. We hope you laugh as hard watching it as we have making it.
Enjoy the show!
-Tom Dugan
