Last of the Knotts
Friday 3/2 8:30pm
Sunday 3/4 4:00pm
Thursday 3/8 7:00pm
Friday 3/9 7:00pm
Saturday 3/10 4:00pm
$7
The Tower Lounge – 1211 N. Wishon Ave
Tallahassee patriarch, Judge Knott, wanted his only son, Doug, to give him a grandson. Doug, having taken more enough shit from the redneck Judge, aims his metaphorical gun at his father and says, “No way. I am the last of the Knotts”. This is Knott a comedy
Written and performed by Doug Knott
Directed by and Developed with Eric Trules
Los Angeles, California
One man show, 60 minutes, rated G
Latecomers permitted within 15 minutes
Will the sins of the father become the sins of the son? Must they?
Take a journey from the South to the big City, through Beat Culture to the LA Punk scene. Amidst smokey nightlife, a menage a trois with a large snake, and reflections on the inescapable evil Judge, the fate of a small, fluffy chick hangs between the tenants of Buddhism and the Judge’s lingering influence.
Well written and performed with great musical snippets providing a nice coloring of the various time periods of the story.
What better way to get back at the father than to refuse to continue the father’s name, or Knott? This is the dilemma LA Poet/Performer Doug Knott must face, in this very original, well written performance about a man who moves away from his demanding, southern judge father, to various locales and distances, ultimately finding himself in Early 80’s Los Angeles amid a backdrop of punk-clubs, Griffith Park landscapes, and David Lee Roth rooftop hideaways. Even through metaphorical and physical distance, relationships and abrupt pregnancies, Doug canKnott shake the father or fatherhood for that matter. Told in a series of vignettes and seamlessly transitioned by an effective soundtrack of time-appropriated material, Knott presents a dark, yet comedic account of a story that many have lived, but have refused to talk about. Here, Doug Knott is in your face, he is ranting and raving about being the last of the Knotts, and you feel sorry for him. In the end, you have to admire Knott’s ability pull you in, one decade at a time, to his crossroads, which could be Tallahassee or North Hollywood, in the end, the magic behind Doug Knott’s performance isn’t found on a specific map, oh no, his magic is about us listening, enduring—change.