And while Momo is nearly incommunicative, “one of the things she repeats is: ‘You can never go back,’” Salovey says. ... Where: San Diego Rep’s Lyceum Space, 79 Horton Plaza, downtown. Even Momo, in her unnervingly repetitive mumbling and rambling, comes through with a few existential questions: “Where do we go?,” “Why am I here?”. For Dennehy, “The Humans” resonates deeply with another American saga of a family struggling to keep things together: “Death of a Salesman,” a play in which the word “remember” is repeated like a wistful mantra conjuring better times. On another level, Salovey adds, “it’s a story of an Irish family where the grandmother’s mother grew up on the Lower East Side as an immigrant and worked in sweatshops there. So is Rich, who has suffered from depression, he admits, in his past. But whatever’s one’s experiences coming into the show, “I think people will have the same experiences Jeff and I did when we sat in the audience: ‘That’s us, that’s me, that’s exactly what family is like,” Dennehy says. “The Humans” unfolds over the course of one Thanksgiving dinner, at the lower-Manhattan apartment of a young couple named Brigid (Kate Rose Reynolds) and Richard (Brian Mackey). It’s these really resilient people trying to hold things together in very dire circumstances.”, As actors, Meek and Dennehy have their own strong bond, stretching back to when they first met while doing TV soap operas in the 1980s. Support Times of San Diego's growthwith a small monthly contribution, And so it is, more or less, in Stephen Karam’s award-winning 2015 one-act, “The Humans.”. The dialogue is crisp, crackling and genuine, even if the panoply of problems strains credulity. Presumably, they will all just keep stumbling and bumbling on. They’re especially good when they’re together being sisterly. Outside (in Giulio Perrone’s superb scenic design), large trees expose their massive roots. And yet it’s not just any authentic family that Salovey would prefer playgoers to perceive on the Rep’s downtown Lyceum Space stage: “I really want people to see their own families,” as he puts it. But everybody’s got something they’re afraid of. So it’s somehow hurtful that the kids wanted to get out of Scranton. But this family is a stand-in for the entire American middle class and its daily dreads. Will book publishers listen? Café Japengo’s nearly 30 years in business can be likened to a typical restaurant meal: a flashy starter, a solid main course and a finale that’s bittersweet. (Brigid and Richard’s place in Chinatown is just two blocks from where Momo lived — and close to the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers.). “I think the best theater does that. 24, Extensive COVID Testing Keeps San Diego County in Red Tier for Another Week. Occasionally, you kind of get what she’s getting at, especially when she turns on her son, the cause of a good deal of the family’s emotional mayhem, and spews, “You did this!”. The play, which won four Tony Awards in 2016 (including Best Play) and was, surprisingly to me, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (it was bested by “Hamilton”), is not wholly dramatically satisfying. Death rears its head in various guises. There are all these incredibly dynamic qualities. So there’s lots of drinking, as well as other fun family traditions (Irish songs and prayers) and fond memories, though Mom can’t stop herself from regaling her daughters with the latest diseases and disasters affecting friends and relatives. In a fictional comic book called Quasar, the zombies tell horror stories. Not all the revelations are received by family members with sympathy and equanimity. A San Diego insider’s look at what talented artists are bringing to the stage, screen, galleries and more. In the end, we’re all human. Symphony’s Rafael Payare will join the outdoor production opening Oct. 24, Theater Notebook: Local theaters planning a mix of filmed and live shows this month, This week’s theater news from North Coast Rep, San Diego Rep, Blindspot Collective, Broadway San Diego and more, Diversionary Theatre’s busy calendar includes a virtual visit from George Takei, A flood of online programming and a new membership model have LGBT theater’s leader Matt Morrow looking up, Michelin Guide won’t publish 2020 California restaurant rankings due to pandemic, Past San Diego honorees say their industry this year is more focused on survival than awards, The Dish: Yelp and petition creator face off over delivery-related restaurant reviews, Moonlight Amphitheatre cancels rest of its summer season, Three of this summer’s planned shows will be postponed until 2021, Once-trendy Café Japengo to close Friday, a casualty of rising UTC prices, competition. Brian Mackey (Actor): Brian is thrilled to be back at the San Diego Rep where he was last seen in In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play. It’s easy to see why the Blakes, with all their pressing troubles, would feel they’re being pushed toward the void — although Deirdre, who does volunteer work with refugees back in their hometown of Scranton, Penn., offers a needed (if brief) reminder of the family members’ relative privilege.

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