Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
If you want your war plays/movies to be recruiting posters for the next one, then skip Ion's first-rate production of an amazing play. Rajiv Joseph has created an anarchy zone — in Iraq, 2003 — where predators prey and their ghosts pray for a salvation that may not exist. In a series of unpredictable scenes, he dissects the war (the only through-line being the search for a golden toilet seat). Ion's production matches the play's mania. Ron Choularton stars as a tiger's perplexed ghost (an atheist in the afterlife?). Claudio Raygoza a creepy hoot as Uday Hussien, eldest son of Saddam, and the ensemble work never flags. Nor do Karin Filijan's expert lighting and Melanie Chen's distant, haunted sounds.
Critic's Pick.
When
Ongoing until Saturday, June 1, 2013
Hours
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 4pm & 8pm |