Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA

‘Doesn’t Anyone Know What a Pancreas Is?’ Is Funny, But Not Fully Formed

The world premiere of Carol Real’s “Doesn’t Anyone Know What a Pancreas Is?” is extremely funny and well cast, but seems more appropriate for a network sitcom than for the stage of EST/LA.

'The Fisherman's Wife' Is Loopy but Shallow

Steve Yockey’s wacky “The Fisherman’s Wife,” from Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA, mixes marital dysfunction and magical-sea-creature perversion but isn’t exactly sophisticated.