Reviews - (Date: July 12, 2004) "LAST STAND" EXPLORES MALE INFIDELITY Writer Patrick Brown is insistent that the characters in his latest script "The Last Stand" bears no direct resemblance to anyone he knows personally (dead or alive), and more so that it is not an autobiography. He was forced into making the statement when members of the cast picked his brain during a rehearsal session for the production, which has its world premier at Centerstage Theatre on Friday July 23 at 8pm. In "The Last Stand", the main character Charlie Wood (Woody) played by Glen "Titus" Campbell is held captive by some women, who are hell bent on exacting revenge on a man who finds pleasure in bedding women and dumping them unceremoniously. The main antagonist Shanika Wilson, played by Donisha Prendergast decides on some rather unconventional methods to make Woody pay for using "us like toilet paper and flushing us". Her actions suggest that she may have read the famed "bobbet" story one time too many. But Charlie Wood is a master at his game - charm the girls irrespective of the situation. Only this time he may have found himself up against a severely aggrieved "victim", who seems to have developed some psychological scars from the "encounter" with the "dawg". She successfully convinces some other "victims" to join the "torture party", resulting in a rather interesting and unlikely mix of characters ending up in the same space at the same time. The writer in true Patrick Brown style, uses the situation to create a real laugh riot, not unlike his many other super comedies. "The Last Stand" is no different - a comedic vehicle carrying a situation which forces the audience to reflect. Only this time it may not be a communal reflection, as it may be gender biased. The female members of the audience will most certainly take a different view from the many "Woodys" around, rooting for Shanika and company along the way. "The Last Stand" will have a short run at Centerstage, playing Tuesdays to Sundays at 8pm, with an additional performance (5pm matinee) on Saturdays and Sundays, after which it will embark on a tour of the major townships in rural Jamaica, beginning Sunday August 29 at the St. Helen Church Hall in Linstead.