If it weren’t for Lehl’s ease and charm, this eon’s worth of connections would seem pretentious and obscuring. But as usual, Lehl’s talent can suck an audience in and make us thankful he’s the one guiding us where the playwright says we must go.
In these characters, Wright gives us some genuine laughs. A minister equates his loss of passion for his wife with the loss of his hair – a natural degeneration. A cuckquean wife lies in wait for her husband to cheat again so she can refuse to forgive this time and gain the upper hand. A police chief gets stoned with the man who is sleeping with his wife – a better alternative than killing him as was his initial goal.
Even as I write this, it feels icky saying I laughed at any of it. To be fair, the play was written in 2000 when these were relatively uncomplicated things to find funny. Played with verve by Lehl they are humorous still, even though we know better. But it almost doesn't matter because all our attention is paid to Dean's Kari – a powerhouse performance of repressed hurt and loss. It's with Kari that Wright pushes back on the romantic fantasy, saving the play from cliché purgatory. This is Dean's show to steal and she makes off with the entire production.
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