The Great Inconvenience (Ian Johnston) |
The Great
Inconvenience
Annex Theatre
Through August 18, 2018
Holly Arsenault’s
new play, The Great Inconvenience, is
now presenting at Annex Theatre. The press release describes it thusly: “2050.
Somewhere on the West Coast of the United States. A scrappy group of historical
re-enactors—orphans of our next civil war—have formed a chosen family.
“Abandoned by a government that no longer pretends to serve
any but the rich, their survival gig is helping to whitewash some of the worst
atrocities in American history for audiences of wealthy schoolchildren. When an
unexpected visitor starts camping out in their dioramas, portending a new and
growing danger, they’re forced to face their own histories, and contend with
the revelation that the woman they all work for is much more than just their boss.”
Succinctly describing plays is definitely a challenge
sometimes and after seeing this play, that description does a pretty good job
of it, but even so, there is so much packed inside this piece that you might
walk away, as I did, mulling it over and over and over.