Rift – Traverse Theatre
The stage is sparse in the underground black box of Traverse 2, just a plain table, two folding plastic chairs and a bright red bag of Doritos. A projector advises, keep hands in plain view, the unmistakable soundscape of prison echos through the small space before the projected image starts counting off the years of incarceration. 1, 2, 3… The play starts at year 4. The tight three-sided seating focuses on a spotlight which focuses on the bag of Doritos, two men enter.
The story follows two half-brothers one a white supremacist convicted murderer, the other a rising young ‘woke’ writer over the course of 20+ years as they meet at various intervals.
A relationship broken apart by lies and mistrust tries and tries again to be re-glued with their shared blood like an intricate Kintsugi...