Laughing Loud about "Laughing Wild"

Jenny, our good friend Helen and I went to see Laughing Wild at the Pier Pressure Productions in Astoria last night. It was a great trip back to the late 80’s featuring a man and  woman each suffering from various neuroses while living in New York City. They dramatized the relevant personal and social issues of the time period in a very funny and intense way.


The Actors  William Hamm and Jenni Newton covered politics, religion, abortion, Aids, GLBT issues, and you name it ! A wide range of personal issues came into question like paranoia, anger, negative and positive karma, love, hate and more. I was really starting to worry how many times Bill hit the floor when the physical parts of the play demanded it. Hopefully Bill has a good chiropractor. He must have had some time as a Hollywood stunt man.

It was small live theater at its best painting realistic and poignant portraits of how to or how not to cope with the insecurities we all have in common. Taking in a live theater performance is a fantastic way to break away from the typical disappointment of today’s forms of movie and television entertainment. We enjoyed it immensely and we thank Bill, Jenni and the director, Susi Brown, for putting the time, energy and passion into a very enjoyable night out.