REVIEW: jarrottprods' locally sourced play cleverly covers its dark comedy center with a thick sitcom coating.
Jennifer Jennings as Susan, Natalie D. Garcia as Nancy, Lisa Scheps as Carol, and Hannah Schochler as Keira inLife's a laugh and death's a joke, it's trueJust remember that the last laugh is on you"
There is no better example of dark comedy than the song"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." This little ditty is sung by Monty Python's Eric Idle at the end of the film, while people who have been crucified during the Roman occupation of Judea bop their heads and tap their feet in time to the music. And so, it seamlessly blends rather silly stuff with damn serious subject matter to make a point.is most certainly a dark comedy.
As the play opens, Glenn and Carol worry about a sobering, life-altering decision they have made – a sacrifice, we are told, that will better the planet and improve the quality of life for those who populate it. And they desperately need to share it with their neurotic, adult daughters, Nancy and Susan , and 23-year-old granddaughter, Keira .
But all this takes place in a black box performance space that is intentionally sans scenic design. And Alison Lewis' lighting is strangely subdued and refracts off the haze in the air to create an omnipresent dreaminess to the proceedings.
And then the wheels come off, as the players expertly reveal all that dark comedy that has been lying in wait. And it is well worth waiting for, for the method to this madness calls attention to how we are failing to address global warming and other environmental issues by concerning ourselves with pizza, dating apps, and fringe religious sects.is fun and then becomes formidable, which is exactly what one hopes for from Jarrott Productions as it finally reopens its doors for business.
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