My overall impression
Box Window Door is a short,psychologically intense play that appears to take place in a dreamscape or some sort of metaphysical space. It helps greatly if one reads the program notes which explain that this is actually the second act of a longer piece, and is an exploration of the lead character Margaret’s emergence from the psychic coffin that her cripling guilt has caused her to inhabit. Hopefully it’s not a spoiler to mention that, in this act, she begins to separate herself from the “coffin girl” (a truly amazing sculpture that is part of the staging)and enter the “real” world of humanity. Much of this is explained – poetically and with song – by the Chorus, the other character. This was beautifully staged and intelligently written, with film and music as intregal components of the show. The opening night did start a bit late and the sound adjusted itself during the performance – bugs that I’m sure will be worked out in succeeding performances. Seeing this play is like inhabiting someone’s dream (as opposed to being a voyeur), or living a short while in a poem.
