Lilith in Pisces
Kayla Eisenberg’s ("Delta Dawn," "Yiddish Club") script has a flawless grasp of rhythm – the play will rapidly speed up or slow down suddenly yet always feels completely natural. Characters consistently interrupt and speak over each other, then pause for a moment before resuming the frenetic pace. Characters are alone on stage rarely, but just frequently enough to provide necessary moments of calm. It’s a credit to her skill as a writer that 90 minutes of tension-building never feels overwrought. The script is effectively one long, deeply compelling conversation. Throughout it all, Lilith (in the form of a print of 19th-century symbolist Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s famous oil painting Lady Lilith) watches over them. Lilith, the first wife of Adam (before Eve) who defied both him and God only to become a demon, is given great thematic resonance. Eisenberg’s script explores regret, resolve, and defiance through this interesting prism. [more]