{"id":18718,"date":"2019-11-28T12:04:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=18718"},"modified":"2019-11-28T12:04:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:04:35","slug":"crumble-lay-me-down-justin-timberlake-gets-absurd-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/11\/28\/crumble-lay-me-down-justin-timberlake-gets-absurd-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake)<\/em> gets absurd for the holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother (played by Wendy Cornock) mourns the death of her husband (Jon Hunwick)\u2014who died putting the star on top of their Christmas tree one year ago\u2014with their daughter, Janice (Fiona Wright-Jones). Unable to cope, Janice and her mother find themselves falling deeper into their depression while neglecting both themselves and their apartment. There seems to be only one thing that keeps them going\u2014visits from their celebrity crushes Justin Timberlake and Harrison Ford.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is Sheila Callaghan\u2019s Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake)<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crumble<\/em> is a different kind of holiday story (photo by Clayton Jevne).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I walked into Theatre Inconnu, I was both surprised and spooked. I didn\u2019t think a play with a title that mentions \u201990s teenage heartthrob Timberlake could look like the set of a horror film. The theatre was dark, with door casings and old broken picture frames hanging off the curtains of the stage. To the left was a bed and a side table with what felt like a dozen naked dolls staring at me. I was certain I had signed myself up for a few sleepless nights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crumble <\/span><\/i>starts off with dim lighting and the faint sounds of a baby\u2019s cry filling the room. Then, the Apartment (Matthew Connelly) huffs and puffs in distress as he makes his way to the stage (yes, you heard me correctly: the apartment is, in fact, a character, and he tells the story). <\/span><\/p>\n

I was unsure of how I felt about having the Apartment as the lead character, but it seemed to work. Connelly effortlessly brings an inanimate object to life and passionately sets the tone of the play.<\/span><\/p>\n

The characters, for the most part, are difficult to like: they\u2019re gloomy and depressing, and it\u2019s hard to feel bad for them. Since it is centered around two grieving characters and an angry Apartment, the play is a real downer at times. There\u2019s only so much misery I can handle from one play. But, out of nowhere, a dorky \u201990s-esque, NSYNC-type, ramen-noodle-haired Justin Timberlake imposter appears. He instantly lightens up the mood and, to my surprise, my stomach was aching and my eyes were filling up with tears\u2014I just couldn’t stop laughing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Callaghan\u2019s play will grab your attention, whether it\u2019s for good reason or out of confusion. But, one thing Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake)<\/i>\u00a0will definitely do is have you laughing your way home. <\/span><\/p>\n

Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake)
\n<\/span><\/i>Various times, until Saturday, December 14
\n<\/span>$10 student tickets, Theatre Inconnu
\n<\/span>(Tuesday, December 3 is pay-what-you-wish admission)
\n<\/span>Theatre Inconnu
\n<\/span>theatreinconnu.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mother (played by Wendy Cornock) mourns the death of her husband (Jon Hunwick)\u2014who died putting the star on top of their Christmas tree one year ago\u2014with their daughter, Janice (Fiona Wright-Jones). Unable to cope, Janice and her mother find themselves falling deeper into their depression while neglecting both themselves and their apartment. There seems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18720,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18718\/revisions\/18720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}