Mauritius
Passive Jackie needs a few shekels, so she brings her ancestral stamp collection to an appraiser. Two stamps, just "tiny pieces of paper," turn out to be the "crown jewel of philately" worth, in Theresa Rebeck's talky thriller, lying, cheating, and conniving for. Jackie runs a gauntlet through many a practiced tactician, but so, it turns out, is she. Jessica John heads a game Cygnet Theatre cast as Jackie, the lamb that John expertly converts into a lion. John DeCarlo's compulsive-talking Dennis, Sandy Campbell's upscale, backstabbing Mary, and Jack Missett's sleazy Philip contribute. Skinheaded Manny Fernandes (who's getting scary good in these roles) ladles essentially comic scenes with a palpable menace as Sterling, dapper-dressed thug (and stamp fetishist extraordinaire). George Ye's fight choreography, some of the best around here in many a moon, turns Sean Fanning's inventive, two-way set into a danger zone, especially when Sterling doesn't have his way.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, May 10, 2009
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Wednesdays, 7:30pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm |