Strangers in the World

See it if you like theater that transports you to an alternative world, but one that is not so different from ours that you are totally lost.

Don't see it if you want a play that comes to a resolution that you can understand.

Also No troupe is better than Axis (in its intimate gem of a theater) at creating somewhat alternative worlds to ours. The ways of the people that inhabit these worlds are familiar but not. Forced to look at & evaluate their behavior, we’re left with questions about our own. “Strangers in the World” takes place on a strand at the edge of a forest. The call of gulls tells us the sea is close. Several people in Puritan-like garb appear. Their talk & movement say they are stressed, some of them maybe even mad. The introduction of a few new characters over the course of the piece keeps things surprising. A stranger who starts as scapegoat comes to manipulate the action for a stretch. One thought lost reappears. Growing stress leads all to further extremes. I loved this piece until close to the end when it seemed a little stuck; I found the closing unclear. But anyone interested in spending an evening in a lovely, uncomfortable world like the 1 we’ve inherited will want to see this.... Read more Read less

See it if People trying to survive and losing their minds.

Don't see it if No action and confusing.

Also It is 75 minutes, repetitive and confusing.

See it if you enjoy thoroughly confusing shows

Don't see it if you like to leave the theater having understood what you had just seen

See it if If you like shows that deal with historical issues. Also if you like plays with complicated plots and good acting.

Don't see it if You rather see plays that are easy to follow and that deal with current issues.

See it if you like thoughtful period pieces, if you like great design and if you don't need to have everything spelled out.

Don't see it if you don't like non-musicals, if you don't like mystery and if you don't like more experimental theater.

See it if It was weird

Don't see it if It was boring

See it if you go for radically ambitious projects, good production values and impact.

Don't see it if You can't deal with the relentless circling around despair, delusion and fears.

See it if Your looking to try something differert. Doesn’t hand you answers. It leaves you wondering.

Don't see it if Your lookin for a comedy.

See it if See it if you're ready for a profound excavation of humanity's true nature in desperate times, beautifully designed and fearlessly acted.

Don't see it if Don't see it if you're faint of heart or in need of affirmation that people are essentially kind-hearted.

Also STRANGERS IN THE WORLD follows a band of Puritans, desperate to survive, as they encounter a mysterious stranger in the wilderness. Randy Sharp's text evokes Beckett, Sartre, and, in one particular sequence, the Marquis de Sade, in a way that makes you look inward and consider the worst act of which you yourself could be capable. The performances are riveting, and the design elements are so, so beautiful. The relatively small playing space feels incredibly vast, and really successfully complements the horror-movie vibe that bubbles up throughout the play.... Read more Read less

See it if Well if you are still fascinated by the life of Puritans and their difficulties, this IS the show for you. Intense and disturbing.

Don't see it if If you lack patience and you cannot understand or want to understand 17th Century English dialogue and diction.

See it if you like intense, beautifully written, expertly staged theater w/urgent, nuanced performances from the actors. More questions than answers

Don't see it if you like theater that leaves you feeling certain of what just happened.

See it if Sympathetic characters face traumas and unforgiving landscape,trying to keep to their values.Realistic look at a romanticized bit of history

Don't see it if you want all the answers right now.

See it if Wayward interloper disrupts dazed, marooned godly settlement. Suspicious of his intentions, they imprison him in a cage awaiting verdict.

Don't see it if All the action takes place before this brief drama begins. Some directive groping & fondling, which tests the Puritan way of life.

Also Sample dialogue:"I think that God has gone away somewhere.God is deaf.God is cold."... Read more Read less