Descent from the Andes by
4 Feb. 2024
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What I greatly appreciated about Rubin's dark comedy is that I never could completely trust any of his characters' motivations. There was always an underlying tension that at any moment one of his characters might do something that would permanently implode a relationship as sexual desire, jealousy, class status prejudices, and intellectual insecurities competed with each other to become the emotional trip wire that a character might deliberately or accidentally step on to trigger an irrevocable change in everyone's lives. Add to this, Rubin's easy-flowing dialogue and you have an engaging play to explore. ”