9/12/22: Nothing But Thunder
What: Duncan Pflaster's new play, presented as part of the Dream Up Festival at Theater for the New City, about Dionysus and Prosymnus, and Dionysus's journey to the underworld to rescue his mother.
And? We had a bit of a rough night, as the A.C. wasn't working, but I give so many props to the cast and crew who kept it together and still delivered a good show. The cast has a playful energy and an ease with Pflaster's charming verse script. Alyssa Simon, as Dionysus's mother Semele, is particularly good, fully inhabiting her character's suffering and dissociation while also being hilarious. Amy Overman's costume design is appealing in concept, but sometimes faulty in execution (I love seeing larger bodies on stage, but it's disappointing to see them in costumes that don't fit properly). It's also quite lovely to see a queer narrative that has always been a part of Greek myth canon but very seldom seen (Pflaster's note in the program points out that we know much better the parody version of this narrative, The Frogs, where Dionysus journeys to the underworld to rescue, not his mother, but playwright Euripides).
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| Kenny Wade Marshall and and Spencer Gonzalez as Prosymnus and Dionysus. Photo by Duncan Pflaster Photography and Graphic Design. |
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