See it if You enjoy drama done by young actors. It's predictable, but still enjoyable.
Don't see it if Strobe lights bother you. Read more
See it if you want to have an innocuous theatrical experience that pretends it's profound. good acting and decent staging.
Don't see it if You want a intelligent analysis of a real problem This goes for the sitcom approach.
See it if You want to see something original with a really great set
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See it if Sanguine millennial vies for acceptance with self-suffiency community of misfits. Detailed Off-B'way set. Remains on plot-track. Good lead.
Don't see it if Low-quality Off-B'way status. Strobe effects. Violence. Drugs. Alcohol. Whip cracking. Knives.Toys. Repeated dominatrix aspirations.Cliches.
See it if You like to see rather cliche stories of people trying to start a new world.
Don't see it if You expect a deep thoughtful play.
See it if you like plays about people with psychological issues and a lot of baggage and who are trying to find themselves
Don't see it if you get easily disturbed by plays with painful interpersonal dynamics. If you need a convincing ending. If you need convincing characters
See it if You are interested in a bunch of hippies trying to figure out their lives via the eco village
Don't see it if You want something light, and sophisticated
See it if You're up for a good looking production, well paced and clever if ultimately unresolved, in the end rather fantastic story
Don't see it if You can't deal with themes involving hippies, idealism, communal Utopian living, lesbians, free sex, drugs, orgies or young adults. Read more
“Nir’s utopia-in-the-wilderness yarn ‘Eco Village’, is inept...With turgid writing and overacting...Thinly written characters in clichéd situations are a challenge for the actors who all go full throttle with their forceful characterizations...There’s not much in the way of plot other than behavioral incidents and Nir fleshes out her characters with a bare minimum of biographical details...Other than serving as a showcase for its emerging cast, 'Eco Village' doesn’t make much of an impact.”
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