Sunday, January 15, 2006

FLOWERS OF RED

From: "will stackman" profwlll@yahoo.com

Subject: Quicktake - "Flowers of Red" by Eliza Wyatt

Date: Sun, Jan 15, 5:58 PM

Quicktake on FLOWERS OF RED

     There's one more weekend to see Eliza Wyatt's latest play, which had its first run this summer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and is getting further development at BTW this month. Wyatt, who makes her home in Brighton England as well as here, is no stranger to crosscultural conflict. Her take on the meeting between a Palestinean woman and a young American peace activist the same age has real resonance. Krista D'Agostino as Samia and Caryn Andrea Lindsey as Roberta embody these two, and throughout the play almost seem to be living in two separate worlds, even though they're both in Raffa in the Gaza strip waiting for Isreali bulldozers to wreck the place. Director Marco Zarattini has set the two on separate tracks which can be disconcerting, but which is ultimately successful. Jonathon Myers plays a shady young man pretending to be another activist, a Buddhist even, but who is apparently working for the CIA--a fact known to the audience from the first.

     The production is a bit rough and ready, but both the set, props and costumes are sufficient to the task. The play, which is now being presented with a brief intermission might benefit from several internal breaks, but has an interesting line of development, and nice toches. There is indeed room for expansion on several points and Wyatt should be encouraged to continue working on this piece. The play was inspired by the death of Rachel Corrie, who was run down by a bulldozer at Raffa trying to prevent the punitive destruction of Palestinean homes several years ago. Despite recent developments, neither side has really advanced much closer to a peaceful resolution to the dilemma in which both populations are trapped.


"Flowers of Red" by Eliza Wyatt, Thurs.-Sun. thru Jan. 22

Boston Theatrics at BTW

949 Comm. Ave. Allston, (866) 411-8111 (TM)
Eliza Wyatt

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