Kin
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 21, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011
Opened Mar 21, 2011
Closed Apr 17, 2011
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Anna (Kristen Elizabeth Bush), an Ivy League poetry scholar, and Sean (Patch Darragh), an Irish personal trainer, hardly seem destined for one another. But as their web of disparate family and friends crosses great distances - both psychologically and geographically - an unlikely new family is forged. Bathsheba Doran's play sheds a sharp light on the changing face of kinship in the expansive landscape of the modern world.
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Familial relationships -- both biological and of the sort that people create for themselves with their friends and partners -- are explored with gentle and thoughtful compassion in Bathsheba Doran's Kin, now receiving a terrifically acted production at Playwrights Horizons.
The play is filled with smart, staccato dialogue that the expert company brings to life with sensitivity, and some hilarious zingers, which never sound as if they've been ripped from sitcoms. However, the episodic (and intermissionless) play feels overwritten at times, which can lead to impatience on the part of some audience members, and director Sam Gold's staging leans toward the overly busy, utilizing the spare ever-[...]