DC Theater Arts: When the living room becomes a battlefield, no one leaves unscathed. Dark Horse Theatre Company’s upcoming production of God of Carnage promises an intimate evening of laughter, discomfort, and unnerving honesty. Yasmina Reza’s dark comedy about two sets of parents attempting to politely resolve a playground altercation between their children spirals into chaos as civility gives way to primal instinct.
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In this play, it has that immersive take that I really do enjoy, though it is described to have that unnerving edge that I also enjoy, but find very difficult to actually take in. From the reviews especially, pointing to absolutely zero breaks from the experience the audience is taking place in, that just sounds so intense, though I have no doubt that it is going to be absolutely fantastic. Something that I find so interesting about the writing of this play and the commentary that it brings is that it is not shying away from those deeper, rawer, ugly emotions. Many positive comments have been made about this, which I appreciate while also finding it rather ironic that we as a culture are so appalled by this concept no matter how much we claim to appreciate it in the art we take in every day. It's just something to think about, or something that I have been noticing recently.
In my senior year of highschool during a METG festival I saw God of Carnage, though it was probably a cut down show. I had never seen it till then and I was honestly surprised by how interesting it was despite this production taking place in one room with only 4 characters and no scene changes. I think there are so many ways this show can be done right but also so many ways to easily do it wrong and it seems that this performance of God of Carnage is pretty darn good. Based on the reviews it seems well done and immersive which is hard to do when there isn’t a whole lot going on on the stage besides the acting. I think the reviews speak for themselves in this instance as they all seem to point to just how immersive this show is and the production quality.
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