Dad Don’t Read This
Under Claudel’s direction, the four actresses are totally believable as teenage girls circa 2014, with Yoo’s Mal giving the most layered and mysterious performance. (Yoo had her big break last season as the conflicted Raelynn in Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain.) Although the play is completely authentic and persuasive, as it is plotless we do not know where it is going. Nothing much happens nor do the girls grow up in the course of the play. They do eventually each reveal their fears about growing up and what the future holds for them. Each of them seems to be suffering from an unspoken trauma they only hint at. If you don’t identify with one of the four individual girls, you might be bored by the lack of action on stage though it all is very convincing. [more]