Theater Wit Assembles Top Notch Talent
DO expect to see four top shelf actresses whose every word, intonation and gesture comes off, in this writer’s opinion, as a laser-focused poke at our funny bones. First there’s Carol (Carolyn Kruse) who has a regulatory compliance role in a pharma company that sounds like they are the ones who ushered thalidomide into the world. She rebuffs Diane’s intentions to remove her boundary aka curb and regenerate nature in her yard as it was always meant to be. In her identical kitchen, save the flowers that a Thing-like hand swaps out in each darkened scene change, is Renee (Jazmin Corona), a neighbor who happens to edit the landscape magazine that Carol worships, who is both knowledgeable of paw paw trees and other Diane landscaping details and --from her prior experiences—the passions of lesbian romance. We also meet Beth, whom we know also has an identical kitchen, but with an outside yard gone to seed since her husband left her without as much as a fare thee well. Such a poetry loving space cadet as she seems like low-hanging fruit to the likes of Diane. It’s when Diane makes Beth her first conquest that we see just how much Diane seems to revel in her stage whispers with us, to share her scorecard of progress in her conquests along the path to save the planet. In this writer’s view, it’s Lori Myers as Pam who is the scene stealer whenever we see her in one or another tight-fitting leopard inspired dress that accentuates her ample curves. Clop clop clop she goes in her high heeled shoes ever poised to inject perfectly accented New Jersey wisdom into any conversation. With Myers’ acting chops at her disposal, you might agree with this writer that the playwright would be in her rights to plagiarize and update Marisa Tomei’s depiction of the ticking biological clock in My Uncle Vinnyby having Pam render the sound of the doomsday clock marking our final hours.
How fun, and especially for the production team that gives us a thrilling rendition of the end of the world.
Oh--Is that really a spoiler?
