See it if You want to see a show handle some potentially hot topics with a good natured approach that makes it easy to see how easy it can go bad.
Don't see it if You don’t like shows that take a bit of a quirky approach.
See it if Seemingly trivial politics in a small town become tragic. Speaks to our wider troubles as a nation. Excellent characters.
Don't see it if You want a fancier production. You don't enjoy satire. You are not interested in how things can go bad for normal but flawed people.
See it if you are entertained by political machinations where the personal is political and visa versa. The hard working cast does a good job.
Don't see it if you are expecting snappy dialogue or great insights.
See it if look at local politics as metaphor for everything else, almost ensemble piece, colorful staging, some engaging actors are to your liking
Don't see it if you are sleepy, want livelier storytelling, cannot recognize metaphor, want "actual events" to translate 2 engaging theatre, prefer musicals
See it if you enjoy true events depicted with a dark comedic bent, and can laugh at murder/suicide.
Don't see it if you're put off by very dialogue heavy shows and a pretty depressing story. Read more
See it if you enjoy seeing a stylized well acted microcosm of politics, culture, human motivations and frailty in our society.
Don't see it if favor realism, optimism and dislike farce and criticism of aspects of our culture.
See it if you are interested in seeing a good production showing how politics works on the local level,. The play has a powerful message.
Don't see it if you're not interested in local politics and want to see light entertainment.
See it if want to see a re-telling of small town happenings in a very straight-forward manner. I thought it would be more emotional (e.g. funny, sad)
Don't see it if you want an interesting story. This felt like a transcript being read aloud. I was expecting more.
“As for the second act, Stevens strains for a profundity that he's not prepared to deliver, and Coté seems a little lost as he struggles to help the actors find it, too. Only Alex Dmitriev, as a befuddled councilman whom the mayor tries to make her patsy by entrapping him with his own decency, understands the notes Stevens wants to play. Perhaps because he's the only one not trying to bring a caricature to life.”
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"Playwright Leegrid Stevens interviewed actual people in Mesquite, NV. The dialogue is lengthy, with layers of understanding within each scene. If it was a 'real-ness' he was searching for, he has succeeded. Director Thomas Coté makes moments of realization honest and clear. He also keeps the production clipping along at a great pace. Though it was 'showy,' in a traditional musical theater way, the plays never loses its truth."
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