The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek
It's 1936. Pope Lick Creek's as arid as people's lives. Teenaged Pace dares to confront the obvious: locals are living dead. So she devises a challenge: play chicken on the trestle with an oncoming train. Naomi Wallace's play is both gripping and at times overstated. For Moxie, director Delicia Turner Sonnenberg grounds the poetry, whenever possible, and adds arresting images (as do the designers, in particular Luke Olsen's lighting). The support work's uneven, at best. And two youngsters carry the show. As Dalton, Pace's reclamation project, Ryan Kidd exudes a fragile innocence and a fierce need to make sense beyond the givens: his sexuality most of all. Amanda Osborn builds an aura of mystery around Pace, and gives her a tortured, deeply moving urgency.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, October 28, 2012
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm |