This quirky, hilarious, and very human play explores intimacy, relationships, self-image, and "optimization culture" with a nuanced and skillful touch. Rachel Graf Evans creates nine distinct and compelling characters each with their own potent and crystal clear motivations for diving into this unique evening, and each member of the ensemble orbits around and interacts with one another well. Despite existing within this delightfully heightened theatrical world, the characters are also all incredibly human and multi-dimensional and all receive gloriously full story arcs. From a design and...
This quirky, hilarious, and very human play explores intimacy, relationships, self-image, and "optimization culture" with a nuanced and skillful touch. Rachel Graf Evans creates nine distinct and compelling characters each with their own potent and crystal clear motivations for diving into this unique evening, and each member of the ensemble orbits around and interacts with one another well. Despite existing within this delightfully heightened theatrical world, the characters are also all incredibly human and multi-dimensional and all receive gloriously full story arcs. From a design and direction standpoint, this would make an awesome semi- or completely environmental piece.