September 4th, 2018
See it if
you want to see a terrifying vision of a nuclear apocalypse that starts as a teen sitcom and ends as something akin to Lord of the Flies.
Don't see it if
if you want to leave the theater feeling happy and uplifted. This show is not for the feint of heart.
Also
This was the darkest piece of theatre I think I’ve ever seen. The shift from weird teenage dark comedy situation to straight up horror is well done yet still jarring and fits the themes beautifully. The details in the scene transitions, sound design, light design, the use of flashlights and water jugs for light is all incredible. My two critiques have to do with the marketing and pacing. I didn’t get a sense that the characters were the nerds described in the show description. They felt very real and very believable characters, but I don’t think classifying them as nerds in the marketing does them justice, and just makes the most sound one dimensional. As for pacing, I found that a tad too much time is spent in the first part of the story, before the darker tones start to kick in, as the characters were strong and established enough that I understood them quickly and wanted to see them develop more quickly. The ending scene also had a few too many fake outs. But I would watch it again.... Read more Read less
