A friend sent me a text yesterday morning, asking if I’d like to join him at the new play Eva the Chaste, at Theater Row. I took a look at the blurb on Theatermania and thought “why not?” So I left my apartment on a sunny Sunday afternoon to check out a new one-woman play…
I have to say my favorite part of the afternoon was spending time with my friend. We had a nice walk over to the river before the show, then wandered afterwards over to Whole Foods to pick up some groceries. This was much more fun than the play. L
My friend had actually read the script beforehand and liked it, but agreed with me that the director and actress are doing the script no favors. The performer has a very lilting brogue, but did little to vary her intonations throughout the performance. Everything was played on one level and became extremely monotonous after a bit. Her physical performance was fine and she was extremely comfortable as the only performer on-stage, and her pacing was good, but it was hard to summon any interest when she didn’t seem to have any either.
As a single woman of a certain age, I could certainly find aspects of the script to be relevant to my life experience, but it was so hard to get or stay engaged for more than a few minutes at a time. So, bottom line, I might not run away from another play by this author, Barbara Hammond, but I’m not sure I’d attend another performance featuring the lead actress. Sorry if that sounds mean…
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