Heart-wrenching 'Guards at the Taj' at Theatre Exile
In Endymion, John Keats contended that "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Yet what if a thing of beauty becomes a source of unreasoning despotism, and a challenge to our notions of goodness and the well-lived life? Such an inquiry inspires the titular individuals in Guards at the Taj to ponder their allegiance to authority, tradition, and each other.