REVIEWS 2002 - "Up From the Ground/Hysterics"

San Francisco Magazine
“November Theatre Picks”

"One of the funniest shows you'll ever see!"

Hysterics
By Michael Scott Moore
Published in SF Weekly Nov. 2002

"If Dan Carbone is our local Billy Bob Thornton, then Up From The Ground (his half of an event called 'Hysterics') is his Sling Blade -- a twisted show about Southerners, written and performed by Carbone himself. His hilarious caricatures of a farmer, his wife, and their son and neighbors are like nothing else currently onstage in this city; they seem to come from another world, like the flower that grows in the field behind their farm. ("It don't seem like nothin' Jesus would leave," growls the farmer.) Up From The Ground premiered at the 1998 Fringe Fest, and Kaliyuga Arts is giving it a new production here in an evening of two solo pieces.”

Talkin’ Broadway: Regional Review/ West Coast
By Richard Connema

"A thought-provoking drama. Clever and biting ... Up From The Ground premiered at the 1998 Fringe Fest and is given a new production here. Carbone takes the role of all the characters and he is hysterical and heartbreaking -- a combination of Buck Owens, Billy Bob Thornton and Jonathan Winters. An enthralling evening of intellectual theater!"

More reviews and photos on the Kaliyuga Arts Production Company page:
http://kaliyuga.com/HystericsPg.htm