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Swartz must play all the callers in this one-man show, and he’s more than up to the task, giving the dozens of very different characters distinct voices and gestures. Kraig Swartz in Madcap ‘Fully Committed’ at Delaware Theatre Co. The actor is demanding a vegan taste-testing for a party of 15, a round table and adjustments to the lighting décor so that she does not have to look at those “ugly” sconces. Mode takes a swipe at pop culture with Bryce, personal assistant to Gwyneth Paltrow. Others include an acting “frenemy” named Jerry and a senior citizen more than a little put out because the posh restaurant would not honor her AARP discount. The callers range from Sam’s sweet and melancholy dad to the pompous Chef to the most obnoxious woman on the planet (described by Jean-Claude, the snooty maître d’ as having a “face like a dog”). WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor The calls flood in as Sam prays for a call-back for a Lincoln Center acting job and copes with a heart-wrenching family crisis. Sam’s co-worker on the phone bank calls in to say his car broke down, leaving Sam to clean up the mess left behind (in more ways than one). Everyone who’s anyone in New York and Hollywood is desperate to get in during the pre-Christmas crush - not so much for the menu but to see and be seen. Mode does an excellent job of satirizing the foodie culture: The Chef specializes in “molecular gastronomy,” meals cost about $300 a head, and the reservation list is not merely ”sold out” but “fully committed” for the next two months. The principal character is Sam, a hapless, struggling actor who takes a job as a reservation clerk at a pretentious Manhattan restaurant to make ends meet. It’s a perfect match for the talented Swartz, who very capably portrays 40 characters over the course of a 90-minute monologue. Philadelphia actor Kraig Swartz revisits the role he played in 2002 at Act II Playhouse. “Fully Committed,” Becky Mode’s 1999 madcap take on the dark side of stop-gap employment, is producing lots of laughs at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington.