This Wide Night
Marie and Lorraine did time in prison. Now they're outside and time moves too fast. Without an ounce of sentiment, Chloe Moss follows their fitful attempts to readjust. She does so without the usual theatrical helpers, exposition/ backstory, to explain who they are and the crimes they committed. Short scenes move slowly, as if on prison-time, even court tedium. Changes happen, or seem to, and there are flashes of revelation (and author's message: "Not everyone can be all right...The world isn't like that"). For Ion Theatre director Claudio Raygoza honors the play's languid tempo, narrow, undramatic focus, and carefully parceled information. Rhianna Basore gives edgy Marie a streetwise nihilism. And ever-versatile Yolanda Franklin's a wonder as Lorraine, a gentle, passive, hopeful time bomb?
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Saturday, October 11, 2014
Hours
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm |