He’s Alone on a Stage, With Tough Characters ‘The Bullpen,’ Joe Assadourian’s Tale From a Holding Cell
Ken JaworowskiJuly 2, 2014: I don’t know for sure what kind of man Joe Assadourian is. After all, he’s served 12 years in prison for attempted murder. But I can say that he’s one terrific actor, and a very good playwright as well. That much is clear throughout his solo show, The Bullpen, which takes an extremely funny look at a particularly dreadful situation. In the play, which grew out of a theater workshop for inmates at the Otisville Correctional Facility in New York, Mr. Assadourian spends only a small portion of the 65-minute running time recounting his arrest and subsequent conviction. Instead, the bulk of the show transpires inside the title area, a large holding cell where detainees are kept as they await arraignment or transfer.
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