If you’ve never seen any of the Star Wars movies you probably won’t enj…ah, who am I kidding? Everyone has seen the Star Wars movies and everyone will enjoy Charles Ross’s one-man show. Ross, a jedi master of gestural comedy, has condensed the trilogy into a one-hour-long laugh-fest . He conjures up numerous characters including a whiney, feather-haired Luke, a spunky cinnamon-bun coiffed Princess Leia and a gross, lascivious Jabba the Hutt with only simple changes in posture, gesture and voice. His editorial asides are hilarious and his condensation techniques very clever—“exposition, exposition, exposition. Or for you kids blah, blah, blah.” This is a man who can conjure up the picture of a commander pissing himself in fear with one slight hand movement. The comedic force is truly with him.
Fri., May 15, 7 p.m., Sat., May 16, 7 p.m. and Sun., May 17, 3 p.m. At Neptune’s Studio Theatre, phone 429-7070
This article appears in May 14-20, 2009.