What I liked
The cast is marvelous, and in particular Ulysses Montoya and Christian Wienker shined brilliantly as the two dogs in the show. The convention worked perfectly in large part because of Tula’s direction. Rachel Zapata too, wonderfully guides us through the story, with her grounded every-person, and the ending will leave you… and I’ll just guess here… very affected :) I feared at first that the tears might be the grievous kind, but they were the joyful kind by the end. It’s just beautiful theatre!
What I didn't like
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My overall impression
In a very impressive piece of writing, Vince Tula takes us on a journey through a world of oppression and anxiety that, rather closely in many ways, resembles the culture currently surrounding us. Imaginative and innovative, Pit of Hope charts a unique course in storytelling that just hit every beat for me. The characters are all cogs in the machine that are revealed on multiple levels, as every character fits the dysfunctional society from one angle or another; and at some point every character, I believe, says something to the effect of, “I can’t go on like this.”
