Excerpts from review by Heidi Waleson
Photo Credit: JILL STEINBERG
"By submerging the audience—the space was very small—in the daily routines of members of a Mennonite community in Mexico, the creators and director/designer Thaddeus Strassberger invite us to identify with these people and comprehend the deep feelings that lie beneath their oddly placid exteriors."
"A mourning hymn “There’s a city of light ’mid the stars,” set with jarringly dissonant intervals, was followed by a hypnotic choral echo of “White linens,” an aria sung by Esther’s mother, as the women washed and laid out the body. The resolution of the story seemed almost beside the point, and the clock—which Johan stopped when he first left the house after breakfast—was started again, implying that life goes on. If you entered into the community mindset, as invited by the show, presumably it was all God’s will."
Read WSJ review in full here
Comments