Carla Gugino returns to the New York stage in the U.S. premiere of Alice Birch's Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning experimental drama about three generations of troubled women, 'Anatomy of a Suicide'
: The audience, which attempts to decipher three separate but interconnected storylines being depicted simultaneously; the actors, who display perfect, split-second timing as they deliver dialogue constructed with the complexity of a musical fugue; and most of all the British playwright herself, who has created this jigsaw puzzle of a theatrical event that seems less designed to convey its provocative themes than to illustrate her formalistic cleverness.
The three scenarios are presented at the same time, with each accorded their own section of the stage. The set suggests a medical facility in its stark simplicity, with a large clawfoot bathtub prominently, and ominously, featured. Bushes and plants are scattered throughout, and balloons are a recurring visual motif.
The evening consists of short, episodic scenes marked by their banality despite the play's serious themes. The dialogue is primarily distinguished by its use of counterpoint and linkage among the three storylines. Thus, you'll sometimes hear different characters utter the same words, such as "good" and "sorry," at roughly the same time.
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