In the Vineyard's new dark comedy, Sofia is hired as an empathy coach at a debt collection agency — and clearly, she has her work cut out for her. More…
These employees can barely identify what an emotion is, much less practice deep, radical compassion for others. As they painstakingly stumble towards enlightenment, someone keeps mugging Eva in the kitchen, and the unspoken dynamics of their seemingly blithe workplace culture become increasingly unsettling. “Do You Feel Anger?” reminds us that change is not always easy, and may come with unexpected costs.
See it if Great writing. Characters are funny & infuriating at the same time. Very relevant.
Don't see it if You don't enjoy dark loud comedies that make you laugh and cringe at the same time.
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See it if You enjoy dark comedies that explore serious & timely themes. Extremely funny & great performances from the cast.
Don't see it if You prefer superficial comedies that don't have anything to say.
See it if You want to see a show that turns out to be genius though it takes its time getting there-at least for me-I didn’t get it till at the end.
Don't see it if You don’t have the patience to sit through what you might not get or understand or even like till you get what is a powerful message.
See it if Wacko absurdist dark comedy. At the same time, deadly serious. Audience & protagonist are kept off-guard. Brilliant writing/acting/staging.
Don't see it if Oppressive power dynamics in an insane workplace will be triggering to you. You don’t enjoy crazy disturbing satire.
See it if you do not mind absurdly, over-the-top characters whose repetitive behavior change the important message of this play into a dulled exercise
Don't see it if you seek real comedy that is not at the expense only of women the workplace- much of this I did not find humorous, or you want a calm outing
See it if you're looking for something out of the ordinary, even breaching into absurdity.
Don't see it if you're easily confused. Dialogue in this show makes no sense. I'm sure there must be some meaning behind it, but I couldn't figure it out.
See it if You’d like a lighter & funnier - though no less substantial - take on the #MeToo movement.
Don't see it if You despise phony/nonsensical comedy that barely seems to have a grounding in reality, even if it’s used to its advantage in the end.
See it if you enjoy absurdist theater which deals with relevant issues, not always successfully; annoying characters; silliness; some clever lines.
Don't see it if you only like realism on stage, not a play which wavers from realistic to absurd, with repetitive raunchiness, misogyny, workplace politics
See it if outrageous, unsettling, saddening. Good thing it’s a punch drunk comedy. You want to see a consistent, truly effective grotesque.
Don't see it if you aren’t inclined to feel anger, didn’t like The Thanksgiving Play, prefer characters/fleshed personalities to the sequence of impacts.
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See it if you like dark comedies. Quirky and entertaining. The performances were effective. Surprised by bad reviews since my audience loved it.
Don't see it if you don't have a dry sense of humor, or don't like plays that can get bizarre, surreal and absurd.
See it if You like satire and dont mind locker room language. this attempt to verbalize sexual harassment initially works but doesnt know where to go
Don't see it if You are not willing to look beneath the dialog to what is meant. you dont like agressive sexual banter.
Also I got bored after the "trick" went on too long. The attempt to build o... Read more Read less
See it if you can appreciate the employment of an exaggerated reality to make very real points about our society.
Don't see it if you enjoy the patriarchy.
See it if See if you can handle a dysfunctional office with highly emotional acting out behavior.
Don't see it if Quite disturbed characters with severely disturbing behaviors.
See it if How the patriarchy grinds away women's will, especially at work. Shows what men might really think/say towards women.
Don't see it if #MeToo scenarios are triggering. Caricatures of hormonal, emotionally stunted men. Absurd and offensive, not quite in the funniest ways.
Also Ticket from Show Score, $5.
See it if enjoy "hyper" theatre - over the top acting and writing to highlight what's happening now
Don't see it if may not be for everyone - very over the top - could make people uncomfortable
See it if a new UNFUNNY workplace comedy sounds appealing to you.
Don't see it if you were expecting to experience a funny workplace comedy and instead you discovered that it was some weird unfunny Twilight Zone story.
See it if U like absurdist theatre--though this isn't as "out there" as most; want to see a good production of a promising young writer's work.
Don't see it if u prefer plots that are entirely realistic and characters who aren't stereotypes, dislike plays that try to stuff in too many themes.
Also I really disliked the ending and felt it didn't fit in with the rest o... Read more Read less
See it if Theatre of the Absurd, scarily not so absurd. Strongly committed cast, incl. Justin Long,
Don't see it if Afraid to release inner demons,
See it if You are up for an office comedy, which offers a few laughs, but then relentlessly repeats them with no resolution. Some good acting.
Don't see it if You don’t like macho humor at the expense of women.
See it if You're interested in the dynamics of how even well-intentioned & educated women often give in to men. Clever&absurd, but touching in the end
Don't see it if You don't like frenetic and over the top depictions, or aren't interested in MeToo issues. But you'll be missing out -this is powerful stuff
See it if you're intrigued by the dynamics & dysfunctions that play out in relationships (here, w/ coworkers, adult child/parent) & insights to glean.
Don't see it if you'll mind that depictions of those dynamics are limited & repetitive; characters aren't exactly relatable or likeable. Bravo actors tho!
See it if While the actors did a good job, they didn't have much to work with. This was a very poor attempt at what could have been a good storyline
Don't see it if You can't tolerate very silly presentations
See it if you want to see work by new writers and a director and you trust Vineyard to produce something challenging. Actors do the best they can.
Don't see it if you expect insight, a clear through line and some unpredictable plot lines. This doesn't offer any of that. Disappointing.
See it if Starts out clever and amusing About misogyny , office politics and how one conforms and adopts to peer pressure
Don't see it if You want real substance and development of characters it’s subtle, Slow ultimately disappointing. More of a 1 liner that’s thin