My overall impression
Ryan Is Lost, a two person dark comedy has a promising premise, and great potential, sadly though, it doesn’t quite to live up to what it fully could be. The acting is a bit repetitive, and rarely are the choices made by either actor very interesting to watch.
While the script is good, it leaves me a bit too confused and I too began to feel like the titular character, LOST – questioning and second guessing the characters on stage, wishing Wellman would explore perhaps the most interesting concept presented in the show…. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO RYAN? The brother / sister pair of Leslie Murphy and David Haverty seem to lack the right emotional connection to truly be brother and sister. Concepts / new ideas/ new plot points come out of nowhere and nothing gets resolved.
For a Best of Fringe show, Ryan Is Lost came up short, and felt like a really great rehearsal that still needed a lot of work.
