A review by Lin McNulty
Echo Lake is a starkly innovative production that magically weaves words and movement into a mysterious, poetic performance.
We find two brothers reunited at a remote family cabin that reverberates with unsettling memories and behaviors. The storyline is familiar: troubled family dynamics and two brothers who have chosen separate paths.
The unfolding of this story, however, is uniquely woven through sparse dialogue and evocative motion, and this is the stunning beauty of this performance
Creators and performers Patrick Hogan and Rob O’Neill first began to pool their creative talents on this project in 2005, after meeting some years earlier at a workshop on Orcas Island. In 2007, they found a director, Rosemary Quinn from NYU experimental theatre. In 2008, they opened at Arclight Theatre in New York City, where it was nominated for two New York Innovative Theatre Awards for movement/choreography and lighting.
This performance at The Grange marks their first performance outside of New York.
As the story unfurls on the stage with no discernable detail, no clarification, the audience is intentionally left to fill in their own personal details.
The offering continues at the Grange on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 7:30. Admission is $10 and tickets are available at the door or from Darvills.
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