The
American Plan |
by
Richard Greenberg, directed by Kim Rubinstein, The Old Globe, CA |
costumes:
Emily Pepper, lighting: Chris Rynne, sound: Paul Peterson |
cast:
Kate Arrington, Sharon Hope, Michael Kirby, Sandra Shipley, Patrick
Zeller |
"There's no carping at the environment... with Chris Rynne's lights investing the photographic realism of Wilson Chin's weed-infested garden (complete with symbolic dilapidated rowboat) with the magic of balmy summer days and starry nights. In a superbly conceived coda, set 10 years on in Eva's Manhattan mansion, setting and mood shift abruptly as Greenberg contrasts the anger and energy of an antiwar street rally with the spiritual emptiness of the inhabitants above."– Bob Verini, Variety "The production is stunning. Wilson Chin's set is beautifully bucolic, all grass, rocks and flowers, with a weathered wood walkway, an old rowboat, even a functional pond."– Pat Launer, Curtain Calls "It opens with a splashy little visual surprise, and closes with an exquisitely wistful image, like a bouquet of woe. That aquatic motif flows through the narrative – and through Wilson Chin's inviting and inventive set."– James Hebert, San Diego Union-Tribune "[Kim Rubinstein] and scenic designer Wilson Chin have gone to ingenious lengths to satisfy the challenges of the Cassius Carter's in-the-round stage."– Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register |




