They were all in love with dying, and they’re showing it in Texas
: Jacob Schatz as Jamie, Cat Cardenas as Cathleen, Kara Bliss as Mary, Ty McLeod as Edmund, Scott Poppaw as James, extolling that “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Such is Eugene O’Neill ’s Tyrone family. Their unhappiness may be as unique as Tolstoy’s Karenins and Levins, but is still intensely recognizable.
We follow the fictional Tyrone family over the course of a day at their summer home, based on the O’Neills’ very real Monte Cristo Cottage in Connecticut. It opens with parents James and Mary awakening with smiles and the appearance of humor, but there’s a dark undercurrent. They quickly become more on edge with the entrance of their sons Jamie and Edmund . Laughter rings false as they all start noticing secret meanings in the most innocuous statements.
They’re aided by tense direction from Karen Sneed. Her blocking and the actors’ posture choices add implied years to the Tyrone family’s history. Bliss’ Mary slowly reveals her addiction and shame, hiding behind a jocular mask that can fall to desolation in a moment. The warmth in her face is so endearing that her bitter tirades against the nomadic acting life and lack of home hurt tenfold. Poppaw’s sonorous tones as aged actor James convinces us of his charismatic gravitas.
There’s a cathartic beauty in examining the rawest, ugliest parts of our existence. This is a miserable day with a miserable family, but it cuts straight to the heart. Their fights are cyclical – if we hear phrases repeated so much in this single day, imagine a lifetime of them – but they’re riveting. We keep hoping for a breakthrough.
City Theatre Eugene O’Neill Jacob Schatz Kara Bliss Karen Sneed Long Day’S Journey Into Night Scott Poppaw Ty Mcleod
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