Featuring: Daniel Smith, Deborah Friedman, Elizabeth Days, Jennifer Cintron, Jessica Newton

Joe Sevier, Michael McGuire

Kenneth L. Naanep, Lindsay Drew, Mary Ellen Toomey, Mary Greenawalt, Michelle Miller

Nia Renee Hill, Satomi Blair, Teresa Wentzell, Malachy Orozco

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"Milk Can should be applauded"

"Mee mashes his source material together with references to contemporary history and popular culture to create a beautiful and often devastating mosaic that is simultaneously an antiwar play, a tone poem to erotic love, and a meditation on sex, class, and gender...at a time when commercial and institutional theater has largely failed (with notable exceptions) to engage with the events and issues dominating what remains of public discourse, Milk Can should be applauded for taking on the project...the chorus of women performed admirably, particularly [Mary Ellen] Toomey, who presided over their grief in an appropriately regal manner. Mary Greenwalt's comically narcissistic Helen recalled Paris Hilton, while Satomi Blair's Pat Benatar-like Cassandra brought a welcome rock 'n' roll energy to the production...Lindsay Drew presided over the stage with her multivalent portrayal of a torch song-singing Dido...there was much to admire in the coherence and scope of the production. Michael Gugliotti's ambitious and aggressive lighting created several distinct moods with a handful of instruments; Nick Moore's sound design was similarly effective. Costume designer David Winthrow employed a variety of suits, robes, belts, and tatters to reference both past and present while still contributing to the sense of a consistent onstage reality."