Review: Two Rooms by Rapscallions of the Periphery

by Michael Meigs
Published on July 13, 2010

Maybe it's provoking drama, but it's not thought-provoking, because Blessing's self-righteous assumptions play to the paranoia of those who look for simple home explanations for extremely complicated clashes abroad.

Maybe I'm the wrong person to review this play.   I did accept the Rapscallions' invitation to see it, and I rearranged my schedule before departing Austin so as to get there for the opening.  I empathized immediately with the leads Scot Friedman and Val Frazee as they explored for us the intimate pain for a married couple of his arbitrary abduction in mid-80s Beirut.   That core story is powerful because of its simplicity: …

Read more »