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Its a remarkably convincing canine performance, though its crucially not at the center of the show this isntSylvia.
Tejera has written something hyperspecific yet malleable and reflective of his characters particularly comfortable and alienating circumstances.
The garage were in, as designed by Arnulfo Maldonado, is grimy but contains an Audi.
His sorta-friend Toro, played by Abubakr Ali, is pregaming with him.
Juan goes after Andrea seemingly just because he wants what he thinks Toro wants.
That tone carries into the actors dryly calibrated performances and even the stage directions.
The dance is strange and looks nothing like real sex yet communicates the mental state exactly.
But its crucial that all those choices underline Toros disconnection from reality.
Look, audience member, what youre seeing in front of you is performed too.
The world looks awfully mutable, especially from the vantage of the aimless and rich.
To that end, theres an evasive quality to the characters that sometimes gets the better of Tejera.
Its all unreally, efficiently managed, which to these people is normal.
Torosis at the McGinn/Cazale Theater.
