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Centre Stage South Carolina presents PROFESSIONAL SKEPTICISM by James Rasheed February 16 through March 4, 2006 at 501 River Street in Greenville, South Carolina
phone: 1.864.233.6733 | online: www.centrestage.org SELECTED PRESS QUOTES "An insider's tale we can well believe.... Its sharp, fast dialogue is well-balanced with the right amount of suspense. It keeps the audience captive to the play's bitter end." -- The Greenville News "In some ways, the play is superior to the canonical works of cynicism by Mamet and others. It is at once a grand, even Shakespearean revenge tale... consistently funny..." -- The Island Packet "Rasheed is smart enough to put his own stamp on the machinations of a quartet of disagreeable accountants working for a major firm in the backwater of Charleston.... a comedy far tastier than an episode of 'The Apprentice.'"-- Robert Nesti, The Boston Herald "If you think of accountants as just buttoned down, stodgy pencil-pushers, then the fast-paced, dark comedy 'Professional Skepticism' which runs through November 14 at the Actors Workshop Proscenium Theatre, will correct this miscalculation.... A solid production with universal appeal, 'Professional Skepticism' adds up all the numbers in a winning manner. With good (and funny) writing, fine acting, and Southern charm dripping with daggers, Rasheed's voice is a welcome addition to the local pool of talented playwrights."-- Susan Daniels, Bay Windows "Solid praise.... [a] well written play, bubbling over with witty and incisive dialogue, and brimming with provocative perceptions of the kind of workplace double-dealing."-- Norm Gross, PMPnetwork.com "If you thought accountants lived lives as gray as their double-entry numbers, then James Rasheed's hilarious new play 'Professional Skepticism' ought to correct your (understandable) miscalculation.... The playwright speaks with rare authority and insight as well as mathematically precise shafts of wit.... Rasheed sets forth the basic issues of a corporate audit with such clarity and succinctness that even the mathematically challenged can understand them. His dialogue is sharp and funny and the dramatic situation he depicts has a universality that speaks to any viewer." -- The Boston Globe. "In the wake of revelations about Enron, WorldCom and the once prestigious accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, Rasheed's 'Professional Skepticism,' written before news of these financial debacles broke, seems prescient." -- Cape Cod Times. "Obviously blessed with Cassandra-like powers of prophecy as well as with the secrets lost in the shredding machines!" -- The Boston Phoenix. |