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If you missed Mecca, catch Betrayal, up next at the Rep |
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| If you missed Mecca, catch Betrayal, up next at the Rep | ||
| by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer The Road to Mecca February 14 Seattle Repertory Theatre One of the best plays I've seen on the Seattle Rep stage closed last weekend, so you probably didn't see it, but I can tell you, it is a gem and I hope someone does this play again, soon, somewhere. At least, even though it was Valentine's Day weekend, a fairly large audience did attend last Friday, and some people even stood up in a tiny standing ovation after The Road To Mecca ended and the actors came onstage to take their bows. Probably the best thing about this show is the fact that, unlike some of the showier productions that have graced the Rep's stage in the Bagley Wright Theatre (the larger one), this one was a quiet, three-person piece, with the set being the only showy thing about this moving and timely play. And even the set, with its many candles, ornate statues and glittering walls, only added to the intimacy of the main conversation between the two female characters, Elsa and Miss Helen (Marya Sea Kaminski and Dee Maaske, who are very well paired) - a conversation that rung true with some of the older members of the audience, as it deals with facing the future after one has made decisions to follow one's bliss and suffered the indifference and ridicule of more conservative neighbors. Keep in mind this play takes place in pre-Apartheid South Africa and is based on a true story. That story tells the tale of an artist who, after the death of her husband, starts to decorate the inside and outside of her home with outrageous, but beautifully creative sculpture that scare some of the villagers in her small South African village. Her friend, a younger woman who has known her and been inspired by her, comes to her side to keep her from being manipulated out of her home and into a care facility operated by the local church. Thus a battle of wills, as well as a revelation of secrets become the territory the play traverses, taking audience on a meaningful journey into the soul of three human relationships. Definitely a play worthy of a second mounting by some playhouse in the future. And if you missed this jewel, you can see what promises to be another jewel, the late Harold Pinter's Beterayal, which is again about human relationships, this time a love triangle. Only this is not your usual cheating story, but a story told from the happier days of the relationship, tracing the problem areas over time, backwards. Sort of like another play done by Re-Act last year, The Last Five Years, but perhaps a bit grittier. Pinter has been known for his treatment of the human condition and this is considered one of the plays he deals with that subject in the most complete way. For information on tickets call the box office at 206-443-2222, or go online to www.seattlerep.org. Should be a worthwhile evening of toothsome performances by one of the best playhouses in Seattle. |
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