For the actors, of which there were only four, the challenge was playing multiple, diverse, and linguistically unique characters whose stories are hinted at from lives lived on both sides of the pond. And here, I give a little extra kudos to Marcus Kyd who pulled off two very convincing dialects of British English, one posh and the other like that spoken by the actor Alan Cummings. Each of the actors: Mr. Kyd, Kari Ginsburg, Ixchel Hernandez and Gerrard Alex Taylor were amazing. To successfully depict so many characters, returning to most of them intermittently throughout, is no small fete. The entire plausibility of the play depends upon it. To a person, they were mesmerizing.
The costumes were contemporary in design and shared a similar palette with tones shared randomly between the cast. The set was made of what appeared at first to be marble blocks with for doorless "closets" against a wall dividing the stage area from backstage. The boxes are all lit from within with a variety of colors that change with the mood and location of the scenario. Above that stage area rows of incandescent light bulbs that also when on and off and grew brighter or duller with the needs of each moment. Light firing like the electric pulse of the human brain.
While the premise may not be everyone's cup of tea, the production was spot on.
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