Robert Dubac, who rose to prominence with his ubiquitous one-man hit “The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron,” will debut his sequel, “The Male Intellect: The Second Coming” this summer as a special engagement for Denver’s Curious Theatre.
“Oxymoron” was a long-running hit Dubac created in Los Angeles before finding its legs in Denver. It bowed at Denver’s Vogue Theatre in 1995, with critics praising its unusual approach into determining just what it is that women want. The one-man show, a clever combination of theater and standup comedy, had Dubac and his five alter egos exploring the differences between the sexes. It is built around one anguished evening with a guy whose fiancee has left him, saying she “needs space,” and will call him in two weeks.
The Denver Post’s Sandra Brooks-Dillard gave the show 3.5 stars, and it later played in theaters all over the metro area, including the Paramount and the Denver Center’s Ricketson and Auditorium theaters. It went on to become a consistent successs in cities around the world. The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: “It is adeptly conceived, refreshingly and comically stated, and Dubac has no trouble keeping it up for 90 minutes.”
Dubac has been honing “Second Coming” and the forthcoming third installment of his solo trilogy, “Piss and Moan,” for the past several years at several Colorado theaters including Rattlebrain (now Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret) and Lizard Head in Telluride.
“Second Coming” reunites Dubac with Curious artistic director Chip Walton, who in 1998 was slated to direct the first “Oxymoron” staging with an actor other than Dubac, with plans for a national tour to follow. But that plan never came to fruition after it became mired in a bitter litigation and an awkward mediation prompted by Jim Miers, one of the original investors back in 1995. “That was a frivolous lawsuit,” said Walton.
“Second Coming” will run Aug. 2-28 at the Acoma Center, 1080 Acoma St. Tickets priced at $30 are only available to Curious Theatre subscribers until April 28, after which they will be available to the general public. Call 303-623-0524.
