My overall impression
This was my favorite one-person show of this year’s Fringe. The writing, sound design, and lights perfectly amalgamated to enhance and often play counterpart to the character’s heartbreaking account of her descent into darkness. Never a dull moment, thanks to the staging and the talents of Rebecca and her ability to toggle between varying emotions of fear, regret, anger, confusion, and nostalgia, keeping the audience riveted with every twist. While dark, the show had moments of levity, and while the protagonist didn’t triumph, Anna reminds us that there are others like her out there, like those of us taking in intimate theater, who care about imaginary tales, and despite those throwing bricks through the windows, dreamers and thinkers carry on, even in darkness. I was surprisingly invigorated and filled with hope at the end, knowing every artist can identify with Anna, and together we can take those bricks and build amazing things with them. Anna, In The Darkness is a stand-out show and I hope it has legs so I can experience it again.
