Monday, March 07, 2011
Rising-star playwright Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation, at the Public, is largely about its silences.
Pittsburgh City Paper: "On one hand, Annie Baker's critically acclaimed Circle Mirror Transformation feels quite contemporary, with its numerous short blackout scenes and character-driven narrative. On the other hand, there's silence -- the innumerable short, medium and long dialogue pauses Baker insists on in her script, in seeming defiance of the 21st-century imperative to give us more, faster, all the time.
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I enjoy seeing shows when I can and I have liked all of the shows that I have seen at the Public. Before this article I did not know anything about this show, but wanted to see it. Reading this review, I am only more intrigued. The fact that she is trying to show audiences that silence can be just as strong if not stronger than the words that we are so used to continually hearing, is fascinating. We could all stand to learn "the minutiae of life." I like that Baker is not using conventional ways to speak to her audience. I think that that is one of the best parts about theatre that none of us can say what theatre is for another person, so we are continually getting new ideas and methods from others.
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