Review: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Chloe, Eliza, and Mary - Frame

Holy shit. I was truly floored by this 'play'.

First off, the format.  30 plays in 60 minutes.  They have a timer.  There's a lot of audience participation, so if somehow the whole experience goes over an hour, too bad, you just don't get to see whatever plays were left over.  The numbers 1 - 30 strewn across draw string, held up with clothing pins.  Each number has the name of a different play on the back.  At the end of each mini play the audience shouts out numbers, the first number they hear, one of the actors will jump up and pull that one down, then suddenly the whole group is performing that play.  Each night they retire a number of plays equal to the roll of a d6.

The individual plays were hilarious, absurd, sometimes offensive, and sometimes amazingly thoughtful.  Each actor brought a different energy to the stage and in combination they played off each other amazingly well.

Jay and Mary - Dadaism

The real geek factor may not be immediately obvious.  The number of inside jokes, intelligent humor, and sometimes references to internet cultural phenomenons really strikes home with the geek sentiment.  Trust me, this play was just as geeky as any series of inside jokes you've shared with your friends over a game of D&D.

All in all the cast (The NEO-FUTURISTS) did a fantastic job. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys plays, bizarre things, and laughing so hard you get a head ache and wonder why you were dumb enough to stuff yourself with bbq and soda immediately before (don't look at me like that).

Check out the Woolly Mammoth Theatre as well.  They have a lot of bizarre and fantastic things in their line up.  Not all geek related, but enough that are just plane strange that you'll probably find something you like.  I'm considering seeing this play again by the way.  If they have to ditch 1d6 shows a night, I figure if I wait a few weeks it will be an entirely different set of plays.