An American Duet: Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue
Someone said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." The three-generation Ortiz family, including Pop's wife Ginny, is both close and far apart, since the elder men never shared their war stories with Elliot. In Iraq, he replicates his father's Vietnam experiences almost exactly. For Ion Theatre, under Sylvia Enrique's subtle direction, monologues meld and tug apart, as in a fugue. Goyo Flores and John Padilla give Grandpop (who fought in Korea) and Pop hard-edged, disillusioned dignity; Steven Lone blazes as gung-ho Elliot; and San Diego newcomer Miriam White shines as Ginny, wife, nurse, and compulsive gardener, who exclaims, "When your son goes to war, plant every goddamn seed you can find...let green things run wild." Elliot runs in repertory with Back of the Throat.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Saturday, April 10, 2010
Hours
| Wednesdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 4pm |