'What Guest’s skillfully rendered political comedy offers is a funhouse view (with not always so much fun, given the subject matter) of how oppression leads to resistance, & resistance can lead to bloodshed, and bloodshed can lead to freedom.' | kerryreid
now in a local premiere with Story Theatre
under Guest’s direction, a large sign tells us “THIS IS NOT HISTORY.” True: what Guest’s skillfully rendered sardonic political comedy offers is a funhouse view of how oppression leads to resistance, and resistance can lead to bloodshed, and bloodshed can lead to freedom. Which in turn can only be maintained with constant vigilance and balancing of countervailing forces, lest the oppressed become the oppressors.Through 7/17: Thu-Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 3 PM; Raven Theatre, 6157 N.
It’s a smart, dizzying show that feels particularly urgent now. Guest and his ensemble negotiate the hairpin turns in tone from high farce to hushed sorrowful tragedy. Guest isn’t the first to write about the unintended perils of uprisings, but he and Story Theatre have found a fresh and compelling way to revisit the evergreen topic.
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