Using puppetry and shadow images, Redmoon explores one man's struggle during the Great Depression.
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Frank Maugeri
Redmoon Theater
Official website
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| Friday | 8 p.m. (preview 3/28; regular run opens 4/4) |
| Saturday | 8 p.m. (previews 3/15 & 3/29; regular run 4/5) |
| Sunday | 3 p.m. (preview 3/16 only; regular run opens 4/6) |
| Thursday | 8 p.m. (previews 3/27; regular run opens 4/3) |
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Redmoon's prop- and puppet-heavy spectacles are always lovely, but not always cohesive. But according to critics, its latest show weds visual innovation to heart-ache and truth. This Depression-era tale about a vagabond alcoholic, his devastated wife, and their buried child has a sentimental plot, but director Frank Maugeri keeps things rooted in humanity, and dirt. (Dirt is a theme, a major prop, and comprises much of the set.) More critical praise goes, as usual, to the exquisite design elements and to Charles Kim’s eerie, live-piano score.
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