Dawn Alden, Elizabeth Furrey, Ron Gabaldon, Dina Cataldi and Nicolas Brady (Photo by Christian Sanders)
Reviewed by Julyza Commodore
The Broadwater
Thru May 3
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Elizabeth Furrey, Ron Galbadon, and Dina Cataldi (Photo by Christian Sanders)
After a long 13 years, timid and lost-in-a-daze Baby (playwright Elizabeth Furrey) is coming home to visit her family and to welcome in the New Year. Accompanying her is her very ominous Husband (Tristan Rewald). They make it clear that they are visiting for the holiday, but the looming question is: What is the real reason they are making their visit after all this time?
If you were to ask Baby’s sister (Dina Cataldi), she would tell you that she is only there to visit Father (Ron Gabaldon), who has missed her tremendously since she left home and got married. One thing that is obvious, Baby is not there to visit her Mother (Dawn Alden); nor is she excited to see her.
Throughout the show, relationships are explored and feelings are brought to the surface which results in heated tension and deadly consequences. Directed by Katie Brady, the sense of feeling lost in one’s thoughts is felt almost immediately as the audience is thrust into conflicting and often complicated circumstances. The play achieves that sense of reverie as it depicts what truly feels like a daydream.
Supplementing this dreamscape sensation is Matthew Scheel’s scenic and lighting design which, working in tandem, transmit a quality of eeriness.
The entire ensemble keeps the story flowing with heightened energy and brisk pacing, so that attention and focus never flag.
This is Nemestra Theatre Company’s debut production, and they’ve landed upon an intriguing and original piece of work that, in a world of overrated certainty, compels us to question what is real and what is not.
Nemestra Theatre Company at The Broadwater, 1078 Lillian Way, Hlwd; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm; Sun., 3 pm; thru May 3. https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/nemestra/reverie#/ Running time 105 Minutes with one 15-minute intermisson.
