...for a play I saw tonight:
Desdemona, at the Boxcar Theater.
Information (including a link for tickets) is here:
http://www.boxcartheatre.org/desdemona.php
The play is a retelling (or re-interpretation) of Othello, taking place in the hour or so before the strangulation. It's just three women talking to each other, but the relationships that are established both intra- and interpersonally are really done well, by the play itself and by Boxcar's production. Desdemona, in Paula Vogel's telling of the story anyway, has known the heat of more than one luxurious bed. Karina Wolfe does a great job of playing this version of the character as manipulative, rather unlikeable, and yet extroardinarily sympathetic--her Desdemona, we realize, is a woman who simply can't be satisfied by the world she lives in. Adrienne Krug is just as good as the pious yet mercenary Emilia, giving the same type of layered performance: hardheaded, loyal, idealistic, codependent, and ultimately unsatisfied. Their interaction is what drives the play, and, as presented by this production, it is always fascinating to watch.
The lighting and sound cues can get a little confusing, in my opinion. The set, not so much wrapped up as smothered in clean linen, is an overwhelming and clever metaphor.
I really really enjoyed watching this.
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