My overall impression
If you’re looking for a show that makes you think and work without exhausting you, this is one to see. Odessa takes the audience so far into the post-apocolyptic world that language seems to have transformed back to a primal nature. We watch as three characters intertwine the things you need to live (water, shelter) with their need for something to live for. Joanna Bateman, Bruce Lemon Jr. and Bethany Esfandiari fully embody in voice, body and soul this need. You land right into their world and are happy to be there (at least for 1 hour), even though it’s hot and dark in that bunker.
This show is not only about what we see, but heavily makes you think about what is left unseen, the time that has passed between scenes.
So worth seeing! Illyrian Players has yet to disappoint, Carly Weckstein is truly awe-some.
