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Or just, three plays.
Could it be that shes about to refuse to make a wedding cake for a gay couple?
Yes, maam, it could.
They seem to want to change minds, but they feel more like sermons for the choir.
It really makes you think.
Thoughts are apt to be gone by dinnertime.
Badness isnt the sole province of formulaic realism though.
As Peter Brook puts it, Deadliness is deceptive and can appear anywhere.
I was looking forward toSuicide Forestat the Bushwick Starr.
Then all the lights come up and Lee getsrealwith us.
I found myself thinking of the experimental theater company I was a part of in college.
I loved it with all my heart: It felt intimate and liberating and truthful and full of possibility.
And our work ran the gamut from excellent to severely underbaked.
A favorite company anecdote took place during a site-specific, processional show that had happened before my time.
That kind of thing hurts, and its also absolutely vital.
Maybe theres a pearl in there, but its not being shared.
The real tragedy ofSuicide Forestis that it doesnt reallyneedits audience at all.
Something is happening in front of us, supposedlyforus, but nothing is actually happeningwithus.
Lee gets plenty of warm hugs, but were left in a deep freeze miles away.
Get the fuck out of town, I just saw one of your shows for the first time!
Berryman recalls telling Valk.
Joseph Chinaman Johnson, says Berryman, Mack Maze.
We are part of a service, a memorial, and a resurrection.
Perhaps static electricity is the presence of ghosts.
