"Victims" (also)

"I am ready for photograph with pastry," was not my sentiment coming into this play, as I was quite uncertain what to expect. This line was spoken by an enthusiastic Russian character who was about to pose nude with pastry for a series of photographs summarized the hilarious side of the play, whilst the sometimes gratuitous gore summarized the less hilarious side. Overall though, the play was fascinatingly odd, and the Brick theater where it was held was about 400% smaller than any other theater I've been in. The plot was interesting, and vaguely followed the exploits of a murderer who acquired shiny things (figurative for sure) from dead people. It used multiple prop elements which were quite clever, including spine snapping noises done with bubble wrap. Several coordinated events in the play were surprisingly well done, including scenery set-ups, sound elements and the like. The characters were diverse in their roles, and the murderer, who shared some features with some kind of wolf, was just the perfect amount of crazy. The vibe of a small town, Sentinel, Oklahoma, was well portrayed, in part by a motel owner who called the aforementioned Russian character a "Red," and a mayor in his 15th term who was appropriately wacky. Some supernatural elements were involved, but I got the feeling that it seemed like much of those elements could be simply occurring in the murderer's own mind, this added to the intrigue. The fact that the whole story, involving upwards of 10 characters with approximately equally large roles, was held together by a photo-shoot involving pastries and nudity, and the murders I suppose, made it a very interesting production, and I'm looking forward to seeing "Detectives" next weekend.