Long Night of the American Dream

Concrete Drops Theatre—Alloway Hall – Manitoba Museum

A show about a show about a show. For any fans of Martin Dockery, this is an absolute must see. Featuring the same cast and director as last year’s The Stakeout, Andrew Broaddus and Martin Dockery, with Vanessa Quesnelle directing, the same meta impulses are on full display to great effect. Without getting into any spoilers, the dialog is superb, an extremely strong back and forth patter with constant callbacks and repeated motifs, and the characters reveal a ton of depth over the show’s progression that is hidden by the show’s seemingly simple structure and character beats. Superb, and definitely one that both deserves to sell out every performance, and will, reader beware.

Josh Fidelak