Gabe Fazio, Christiane Noll, and Carey Cox in TBTB’s God of Carnage.
It’s the underbelly of this beast where the true Neanderthal lies, and if the play is led by its language, then it never gets as bloody as it needs to be. It plays on the edge of the abyss without taking the risk of really seeing what’s underneath the surface. Played almost too straightforwardly by a cast of four, the direction never unearths the animalistic tendencies underneath the skin of its characters. It’s a gathering of sorts, that puts each character on trial, one way or another, desperately trying to be civilized, while slowly unraveling before our very eyes.ĭirected somewhat simply by Nicholas Viselli, the artistic director of TBTB, the cast rides the wave of this deliberate play as if the play is what is actually driving the action, rather than the undercurrent of its complicated meaning and delivery. Currently being produced by Theater Breaking Through Barriers, an off-Broadway theatre company founded in 1979 to advance the work of professional artists with disabilities, flings forth the interaction and intersection of two couples and parents that have found themselves dealing with one another because of an altercation on the playground between their sons. “ I didn’t mean to be rude,” is the line that probably could be said throughout God of Carnage, the complicated and combative play written with true force by Yasmina Reza ( Art) and translated by Christopher Hampton ( The Father).
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