Today we’re talking about the Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. production of Conor McPherson’s The Birds, and hopefully, no one needs to be told not to expect Tippi Hedren fighting for her life in a California coastal town. Though McPherson’s The Birds, like Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film, drew inspiration from Daphne...
Olivia Knight as Julia, Jeff Featherston as Nat and Jenna Morris as Diane in Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.'s production of, and hopefully, no one needs to be told not to expect Tippi Hedren fighting for her life in a California coastal town., like Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film, drew inspiration from Daphne du Maurier's 1952 short story of the same name, the three are far from similar.
McPherson’s 90-minute, intermission-less play is a series of 16 slice-of-dystopian-life scenes, some moving from one day to the next, others from one day to an unknown number of days later. Curtis Barber’s direction is thoughtful and confident, and he’s unafraid to move between restlessness, heightened tension, and small but very present moments of black humor.
Another character, if you will, is the sound, designed by Trevor B. Cone. Cone blends a cacophony of squawks, caws and trills – punctuated by the continuous thud of birds hitting the walls of the house – with an eerie soundscape and an ominous rhythm that beats like a heart under several scenes. The sound designs are particularly effective at cohesively linking scenes together.
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