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If history is written by the victors, its being rewritten still by the victors inThe Thanksgiving Play.
Their project, as youd expect, goes wrong quickly.
It takes them down but never justifies why were here with them in the first place.
Foley arrives holding a mason jar.
Finneran cant stop saying nonsense about how devised theater works.
Sullivan is hung up onliterallyversusfiguratively.
Quickly, DArcy Carden arrives to mix things up as an airhead actress named Alicia.
The comedy is best when it leans bleaker.
(These people are already paper-thin, so why not set them on fire?)
The idea defies logic (where did they get these heads so quickly?
), but its so gruesome that its compelling.
The sharpest critique that comes withThe Thanksgiving Play, however, is its production history.
(She has had trouble getting theaters to produce plays that require Native American actors.)
This version ofThe Thanksgiving Play, however, gestures toward a way out.
FastHorse and Chavkin have real affection for these kids.
You wish the play had been handed over to them instead of to the bumbling adults.
The Thanksgiving Playis at theHayes Theater.
