I immensely enjoyed today’s matinee performance of Closing Arguments at The Bear Theater at 302 Campbell Avenue in Roanoke.  (A caveat — I cannot offer an unbiased review here, because a great old college friend, Russell Morgan, is one of the cast.)

But suffice to say I had a blast.  Closing Arguments is an engaging, thoughtful, and genuinely funny comedy delivered by a talented, energetic cast.  It portrays a dysfunctional family reuniting in a small town for a funeral for one of their own, where their latent animosities and neuroses boil over.

Writer and director David Walton was on hand to introduce the performance.  (And it occurs to me as a theater neophyte that there must be a benefit to playwrights directing their own plays — who better to guide actors performances toward matching the intent of the text?)

Anyway, I cheerfully recommend this.  Closing Arguments’ next weekend is its last; if you are interested, you can buy tickets here.