My overall impression
This wordless tale of the cycle of life and how it affects your body, your perception and your attitude is a sweet and surprisingly moving, nostalgic piece of theater, hearkening to the early days of vaudeville and silent film. The cast is uniformly attractive and talented, led by writer/director/producer Kristopher Lee Bicknell and including Michael Dias, Ruffy Lanayan and Estela Garcia; the three men each expertly physicalize all three generations and Ms. Garcia holds her own as a winsome would-be love interest and a comical, if slightly creepy, flower vendor. Laughs pepper the proceedings, but Bicknell knows life is not all laughter and he allows the play take its necessarily sober but satisfying end. “Before The Red Trees Come” stands as a truly unique entry in this year‘s Fringe festival.
