Brainpeople
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 2, 2008
Closed Feb 16, 2008
Opened Feb 2, 2008
Closed Feb 16, 2008
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A sinister, deeply sensuous allegory, Brainpeople exposes the desperation of three women as they cope with isolation and violence in an apocalyptic future.
The play opens provocatively, with three women beginning a bizarre banquet-the pièce-de-resistance of which is the steaming, exposed viscera of a tiger.
Throughout the course of an evening fraught with revelations about the dark and surreal pasts of each of the play's characters, the mood of desperation heightens, shedding light on the shadowy world of political and emotional turmoil the play depicts.
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In the same way that audiences must decide early on when watching a David Lynch film, whether they are going to stick with it, that same dilemma is posed to audiences when they sit down at José Rivera's gripping play
Brainpeople, now being given its world-premiere production at the American Conservatory Theater.
If they choose to go ahead and ingest this bold, creative, and complex production, directed by Chay Yew, they are in for a warped yet captivating treat. Indeed, much like the tiger meat that serves as the production's gory centerpiece -- for what becomes an apocalyptic last supper -- they will be hard-pressed to have it ever leave their systems.
Yes, tiger. That's what b[...]