Stories for the Dead
Tonight I went to see my friend Nicole perform in a play called Stories for the Dead at Stanford. The stage setup was the inverse of the Shakespearean stage used in The Brothers Karamazov; the audience sat in the middle surrounded by 4 stages. By shifting between stages the actors were able to avoid the need for delays between scenes. The downside was that we had to keep turning around in our seats.
The play itself dealt with issues of familial relationships but had far-eastern lore about the afterlife as the basis of the plot. It combined plot-twists along the lines of 6th Sense with regular punning and I did not notice any flaws in the acting, which was impressive for a non-professional cast.
The play itself dealt with issues of familial relationships but had far-eastern lore about the afterlife as the basis of the plot. It combined plot-twists along the lines of 6th Sense with regular punning and I did not notice any flaws in the acting, which was impressive for a non-professional cast.