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The fear, pain and doubt of a hostage imprisoned alone in a windowless room crept into Theatre West Friday night when the theater department presented Lee Blessing's "Two Rooms."
This emotionally and politically charged psychodrama set in the tumultuous Middle East is as relevant today as it was when Blessings wrote it in the late 1980s, and director Kerry Lambert's cast delivered a solid rendition of it.
As the title suggests, the play is set in two rooms. One is the cell of Michael Wells (Nathanial Rust), an American professor being held as a political prisoner in Beirut. The other ...Read More
The fear, pain and doubt of a hostage imprisoned alone in a windowless room crept into Theatre West Friday night when the theater department presented Lee Blessing's "Two Rooms."
This emotionally and politically charged psychodrama set in the tumultuous Middle East is as relevant today as it was when Blessings wrote it in the late 1980s, and director Kerry Lambert's cast delivered a solid rendition of it.
As the title suggests, the play is set in two rooms. One is the cell of Michael Wells (Nathanial Rust), an American professor being held as a political prisoner in Beirut. The other is his study in his home back in the states, a room that his wife Lainie (Etienna Qualls) has stripped of all furniture and decorations in an attempt to relate to her husband's situation. These two characters are supplemented by Ellen Van Oss (Gretchen Johnson), a representative for the U.S. government assigned to keep Qualls from talking to the press, and Walker Harris (Brian Jarreau), a reporter who wants Qualls to speak out.
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