INTERESTING “THE FLICK” TAKES TOO LONG TO PRESENT ITS MESSAGE

Stray Cat Theatre is staging the first production of playwright Annie Baker’s newest work, “The Flick,” right after its successful off-Broadway run. The three-hour play is a dialogue among three employees of a small, single screen Massachusetts movie theater. The play explores how easily people can mess up their lives by making things too complicated.



There’s no problem with the Stray Cat Theatre’s superbly acted production performed by a winsome ensemble that each bring the weird characters to vibrant life. And Ron May’s sensitive staging brings out all Baker’s single-minded play says about listless lives.



His actors craft each character with impeccable clarity from Louis Farber’s Sam who telescopes his indecisiveness and meandering approach to life artfully. He brings astonishment to his character when he realizes that Avery knows cinematic history. Micah Jondel DeShazer is a hesitant but thoughtful Avery who never flaunts his cinematic expertise but let’s us share his insecurities. Courtney Weir brings multi-faceted directness to Rose, who has a baggage of hang-ups and is the play’s most atypical character.



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