2024 Audience Reviews

Company: Kari Heistad
Show: Playing Dead
Venue: Mixed Blood Theatre

A Play That Pulls You In

I was involved in this family from the first moment the mother crossed the stage bearing the urn of her mother's ashes. Although the decedent never makes an appearance, we learn much about her through the clever device of one of the granddaughter's taking on her personality and physical presence as the stress of the impending funeral service works its way through the preexisting conflicts of the survivors. Each of the characters must work to to attempt to resolve these conflicts with each other and with their memories of the departed grandmother. All three actors worked wonderfully with one another and it was amazing to learn that this was the playwright's first production.