Welch and the play's director, Jonathan Weber, seem to be going for a sort of Ionesco-esque ambience here. The story unfolds in a broadly played, cartoonish way. Occasionally, a satirical jab at ivory-tower academics will land, thanks to Welch's depiction of the shallow and creepy professor, who"as played by the bearded Slone"looks like he just stepped out of a daguerrotype. But, generally speaking, this comedy is ra…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:33PM on February 18, 2019