![]() “I don’t want to give away any spoilers but there are many different ways a person can get what they want. “I think what the show is really about is ‘need’ and what you’re willing to do to get the thing that you want,” they say. While Lalama says at its base level, Fully Committed is about a struggling actor working a part-time job to make ends meet, it also digs deeper. ![]() Set in one of New York’s trendiest restaurants, the solo show sees the Halifax-based actor take on the role of Sam, a struggling actor making a living taking reservations.Īs the only reservation manager who showed up for their shift on this particular day, from their dingy basement office, the overworked and underappreciated Sam deals with coworkers, friends, family, their agent, and some of New York’s entitled, wealthy elite who will stop at nothing to get a reservation at the ‘fully committed’ establishment.įlexing their acting muscles, Lalama plays the central role of Sam and the forty other characters they come in contact with during this 90-minute show. “I am happy we’re back and to get to walk on that stage as the first actor back is not something that I take lightly and I just want to do right by everyone.” Being able to perform in the first production since the pandemic forced the closure of Neptune back in March last year is not lost on actor Breton Lalama. “There is a little bit of guilt but you can’t focus on the guilt because you’re not sharing the love and the hope with the people who are coming,” they say. Lalama also understands the privilege of returning to the theatre when so many others are still waiting in the wings. “And then to finish the show and hear people clapping and feel that room full of energy. “It is such a gift to stand backstage and have that pre-show feeling and hear the audience excited,” they say. “Now I get to work with the force of nature that is Breton Lalama and create this crazy piece for our audiences.”īeing able to perform in the first production since the pandemic forced the closure of Neptune back in March last year is not lost on Lalama. “I can’t believe eighteen months have passed since Calendar Girls,” says Webb. ![]() ![]() Helming the production, Neptune’s artistic director Jeremy Webb is not only excited to be re-opening with this first production in Neptune’s two-act 2021-2022 season but is just as thrilled to be directing a play again. After eighteen months, Neptune Theatre has re-opened its doors with Becky Mode’s comedy Fully Committed. ![]()
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