Friday May 19th 8:30 pm and Saturday May 20th 8:30 pm
I recently saw a photo
of earth taken from somewhere inside the rings of Saturn. We are so
very teeny tiny, it's nearly impossible to imagine how so many miraculous and
diverse beings have evolved from, and still inhabit (notwithstanding the
current mass extinction of species due to global climate catastrophe), this
little blue-green planet.
Who better to explain
the creation and entire history of the universe than a large bearded hunchback
donning a pink bike helmet, converse high tops, mountain climbing equipment,
and a hot water bottle?
It gets better. Three
separate and distinct characters inhabit this one being, each desperate to tell
their own version of things. The Narrator generally wins out,
directing and re-directing the other two, and even (spoiler alert) rearranging
parts of the audience as a way to demonstrate how we can each Do What we Love.
Because that's the point
of living this little life on this little planet, isn't it, to Do What we Love?
On the surface it
appears that there's nothing, absolutely nothing, that is not completely bizarre
about this production. When's the last time, for example, you felt
empathy for a personified hot water bottle? But afterwards you might
begin to think ... why do I always want more? And why is it never
enough? Am I happy? Am I doing what I love?
Or maybe you won't think
any of those things. I'm pretty sure you'll get a laugh, either way,
so don't miss tonight's performance 8:30 at the Intrepid Theatre Club.
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