Master of the Crossroads

See it if you think you might like to experience several high-energy breakdowns over the course of a play, all intensified by the tiny playing space.

Don't see it if you're looking for insight into any of the many hot-button issues that this piece invokes, from battlefield trauma to religious hypocrisy

Also I sympathize with this theater's stated mission: to use theater to shift consciousness. But this piece invokes too many important issues—including battlefield trauma, partner violence, racism, religious hypocrisy, mental illness, sibling rivalry, probable infidelity—for the jumbled plot to be able to treat any of them with care or insight. Before the end, the onstage happenings get so weird that they attain a macabre force. But so much remains unclear that it's hard to know what purpose all the fury has served.... Read more Read less

See it if you like bold messes. Intense and engaging performances about large and important themes. Your more concerned with themes than plot.

Don't see it if you mind a play that is a situation and a boatload of themes but doesn't seem to know how to build a narrative from those elements.

Also I can see someone really liking this play as its a swing for the fences type production and I admire that. I don't think they had a story to tell so much as themes they wanted to explore. The issue is the inability to structure the narrative and character development makes it feel inauthentic and confusing. The lack of a real resolution with a no build semi-reconciliation at the end feels cheap like the author just didn't know what to do so gave an ambigious ending that might not be sad. Massive and hard to believe shifts in the character need to be well built, or they torpedo a play.... Read more Read less

See it if you enjoy extreme energy, poetical religiosity, physicalized emotion, and fantastic actor Obi Abili.

Don't see it if you want a production that breathes a little, develops character and action, and allows its actors to catch their breath.

See it if You want to see drama with a religious bent with over the top performances.

Don't see it if Nudity, violence, religious themes, mental disease, and racist overtones are not your thing.

Also Very confusing. Not sure what the message was. Very talented actors who deserve a better script. The ending left me even more confused.... Read more Read less

See it if if you're into INTENSITY: yelling, violence, a reckoning with the darkest emotions of humanity.

Don't see it if You want a fully-formed story clearly communicated; if you're okay being yelled at for 80 minutes.

See it if If you want a play that tackles issues of racism, mental health and family struggles infused with faith and deceit.

Don't see it if if you are looking for a mellow evening and are not interested in the elements of the play.

See it if And if you can enjoy energetic hard-working actors alone.

Don't see it if You have trouble deciphering dialogue or find like loud rapid fire dialogue.

See it if Like being squeezed into a tiny black box theatre with actors too close; portrayal of PTSD black men in the USA; confusing ending

Don't see it if obvious plot-holes undermining actors work; an example of over-acting can shut the audience out; energy of actors doesn’t fit the space

See it if Like a 3 person presentation, of what happens, when 2 brothers descends into complex maddness. And how pstd affects others.

Don't see it if Cant stand up close and personal with the actors,and are are affected, by the toll that a Family can be torn apart, about misconceptions