Good. Better. Best. Bested.
by Jonathan Spector
WORLD PREMIERE
Custom Made Theatre Co. | Summer 2018
Directed by Lauren English-Clarke
Cast
Tim Garcia as Sheldon
David Sinaiko as Walter
Gabriel Montoya as Alan
Jessica Lea Risco as Simone
Lauren Garcia as Sue
Mick Mize as Jordan
Millie Brooks as Marla
“When gambling addict, Walter, and his coked out teenage poker-shark son, Sheldon (intense Tim Garcia) hear about the event, they butt heads. Movingly, Sheldon wails uncontrollably, ‘I hate people!'” - Theatrius
"Tim Garcia nails an impressive, lightning-paced monologue riddled with more casino-friendly terminology than a copy of Gambling for Dummies. He is excellent as frenetic 17-year-old Sheldon, keeping his broke father Walter afloat with handouts from his winnings."- Aisle Seat Review
“Weaving in and out of the short glimpses of these various lives is an out-of-work, divorced father, Walter, who has lost livelihood gambling and his late-teen son, Sheldon, who is a wound-tight ball of knee-shaking nerves making shady deals on the side as he searches for his ‘purpose.’
The strained interactions between Walter and Sheldon (Tim Garcia) are some of the best moments of the evening, with Walter trying his best to be the absent father who now cares and Sheldon doing all he can to avoid doing or saying any more than is perfunctorily necessary.” - Theatre Eddys
