This show felt as if it were directed by AI. The performances were all over the place - everyone at different levels with their own unique pacing, and no one ever felt like they were real characters in the same show. The blocking was amateurish, with more upstaging than I am accustomed to seeing in a blackbox space. The script didn't know what it wanted the show to be, and a third of the entire piece is characters on the phone with people we don't know, which is one of the laziest things a playwright can do. The characters keep talking about how tense the situation is, but they never once make us feel that tension. What happens never seems like a big deal to the audience - certainly not enough for an entire show. It makes insultingly simplif...
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