The Woolgatherer
Rose is such an emotional shut-in, Cliff asks, "Do you believe in life before death?" He's an extroverted truck driver; she's in hiding from reality. William Mastrosimone's two-hander's a study in free-form dialogue (some sharp, some studied), and the conclusion's as wistful as Rose's dream of a perfect man. In effect, it's an actor's play, and Ion Theatre has the actors to make it go. Brian Mackey and Rachel Van Wormer do a dance of attraction and repulsion. He's got the Joysey accent down pat, and the patter. She plays Rose as if neutron-bombed. Starkly internal, hypersensitive to the merest of stimuli, Rose has withdrawn into fleecy shells. It's hard to imagine the fragile, trembling character done better.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, July 31, 2011
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm & 7pm |
| Tuesdays, 7pm |