THE PLAY: What starts as a twisted spoof on the cable cooking show deteriorates into dada.

 

THE PRODUCTION: Starting with Levi Meerovich’s unorthodox “overture,” this world premiere takes a deep dive into Theatre of the Absurd…and then some. The enthusiastic cast is committed to the strange direction that this silly narrative takes them, with Chandler Matkins creating an amusingly glum fatalist and Dante Piro, who’s simply quirky AF. There’s also live and pre-taped video that even ends up in the audience, most of which was primed for the wackiness. As one character states, “This is a bad play.” The intentional sloppiness and willful weirdness feels somewhat like the last, often unexplainably bizarre sketch on SNL. It’s not traditional theatre in so many ways, but people ready for an irreverent and irrational experiment might find themselves challenged or entertained. Running time: 1:25

 

THE POINT: This crazy mess thwarts traditional theatre and doesn’t succeed by traditional standards, but it does subvert convention in abnormal and sometimes interesting ways (which is their objective).

 

(2 / 5)

 

At Firehouse Theatre thru 6/8