You'd think a play based on the Book of Job would be quite bleak - and while, yes, there is an undercurrent of sadness and hopelessness to HEAP, the play had me laughing out loud in almost every scene. Vivan engages the subject of endurance with clear eyes but a light hand, creating charming (and very funny) characters out of stock figures that populate the play's suburban community, marrying the sassiness (and cruelty) of "Desperate Housewives" with the absurdism of modern works like Noah Diaz's "You Will Get Sick" or Sarah Einspanier's "Lunch Bunch."
You'd think a play based on the Book of Job would be quite bleak - and while, yes, there is an undercurrent of sadness and hopelessness to HEAP, the play had me laughing out loud in almost every scene. Vivan engages the subject of endurance with clear eyes but a light hand, creating charming (and very funny) characters out of stock figures that populate the play's suburban community, marrying the sassiness (and cruelty) of "Desperate Housewives" with the absurdism of modern works like Noah Diaz's "You Will Get Sick" or Sarah Einspanier's "Lunch Bunch."