A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 28, 2010
Closed Apr 11, 2010
Opened Mar 28, 2010
Closed Apr 11, 2010
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Running Time:
2hr. 30min.
2hr. 30min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Chay Yew directs the world premiere of Kia Corthron's A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick, a co-production with The Play Company and the Culture Project.
When an African preacher-in-training is taken in by a family in the American South, he finds his calling in the broken lives around him. The town's water supply is depleted by drought, a young orphan is starved for guidance, and a mother and daughter are haunted by tragedy, but the relentlessly upbeat preacher determines to battle - however he can - the personal and political forces that threaten the ecology of his new home.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Not so Cool
I saw this show several weeks ago and hesitated posting a review because I wanted to enjoy it, but I didnt. Ive been reading work by this playwright for sometime and loved what I read so I was looking forward to finally seeing one of her shows. I was greatly disappointed. Though the subject matter was worthy, there was absolutely too much going on in this production, the cast didnt vibe well, the setting was horrible, the show was too long and when the cabinets started talking I thought Id lose my mind. Ive listened to Myria Lucretia Taylor on several audio tape presentations and loved her, but she was terribly miscast in the role of Pickle. The one saving grace was the character Abebe. My goodness, he was a breath of fresh air in an otherwise overbearing production. A cool dip was not cool at all, it was simply a lackluster production.
Reviewed by pathouser
on Sunday, Apr 11th, 2010
***Awesome play and a must see***
I loved the play and it was far from being boring. Maybe a little long but worth its time and money. Suitable for family and enjoyable for most. You are not just entertained by great actors but presented with powerful messages that remind us to appreciation the simple things of life such as water and love. I give it five stars for many reason but most of all it was well written.
Reviewed by afyhope
on Tuesday, Mar 23rd, 2010
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Diving into Kia Corthron's A Cool Dip in the Barren Saharan Crick, running now at Playwrights Horizons, is a bit like being thrown into a theatrical eddy that is, by turns, exhilarating and bewildering. Corthron has created an intriguing group of characters who come together in some fascinating ways, but before the play has run its course, her invention has run dry, and theatergoers are left not with drama but with didacticism.
The play begins in 2006 in a small drought-stricken town in Maryland, where gregarious and good-willed Pickle (brought to life marvelously by Myra Lucretia Taylor) lives with her teen daughter H.J. (Kianné Muschett). Pickle grieves intensely for her dead son[...]