Behind me, on the other side of our bay windows, the sounds of Brooklyn wafted in from the street: people chatting, cars going by, dogs barking. I say this so you understand that when I tell you that “Here We Are” snagged my attention and held it, I’m not overstating things. “Here We Are,” a production of Theater for One, is made up of eight 10-minute microplays — all written by women of color — that pair a single actor and a single audience member. My colleague Jesse Green, who favorably reviewed the first plays in the series (commissioned by Arts Brookfield), compared it to speed dating when you fall in love each time — agreed. Or you could say each sweet morsel, delivered with charged intimacy in this time of isolation, is like a truffle: small, delicious, refined — and over in an instant.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2020 17:15 UTC