Madeleine George’s Obie Award-winning comedy with a climate-change theme, serves up a great night of theater.
Stacy Ross, left, Rebecca Schweitzer star inMadeleine George’s “Hurricane Diane” for Aurora Theatre Company Directed by Jennifer King.In “The Bacchae,” the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, the god Dionysus avenges an insult by driving the women of Thebes into a frenzy in which they tear the king apart.
Diane is played at Aurora by Stacy Ross, a local theater deity in her own right. Ross exudes cool confidence and compelling charisma as Diane. The amused and unwavering gaze she fixes on whoever’s talking to her might fluster almost anybody, and she laces even the most on-topic discussions of sustainable gardening with innuendo.
Luisa Sermol is fretful and forceful as their loud friend with the louder outfits, Pam, the only one sporting a distinct New Jersey accent, who’s given to rants about dangers or no-good husbands. Gianna DiGregorio Rivera is hilariously dotty and fey as Beth, who’s been in a daze ever since her husband left her and has even let her lawn go to seed.
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