“Pear Theatre presents in its intimate setting a Present Laughter that bursts at the seams with riotous comedy propelled by a stage full of memorably quirky characters who get themselves and each other into a myriad of messes through adulteries, seductions, threats of blackmail, star-worshipping, and a star's ego that knows no bounds.”
“The cast is rounded out by the wonderful, elastic-faced David Boyll in four distinctly played roles, each of which captures a different flavor of naivete: Bob, an Eastern European immigrant who believes he's buying into the American dream with his sandwich franchise; a customer who berates the restaurant's underpaid, underacknowledged staff for out-of-stock ingredients, as if the hourly workers have any agency in the matter; an "if you dream it, you can do it" figment of Sheri's youthfully optimistic imagination; and a representative from corporate headquarters who turns out to hate his job as much as any of the shop workers…”
“Allie Moss lovingly directs Custom Made Theatre Company’s Bay Area premiere of the comedy, which showcases a uniformly great cast… Bob, the new owner of the Toasted Subs franchise, (played by) the versatile David Boyll, who also portrays a customer, guy from corporate and a giant-sized sandwich in a dream sequence of sorts.”
“David Boyll shows great skill as he changes from Bob with a barely intelligible accent and to the no nonsense corporate man. He also doubles as a sandwich in a dream sequence and a disgruntled unsatisfied customer.”
