In short, the woman who cannot decide whether she is GI Jane, Calamity Jane, or Amelia Earhart is a despicable freak whose removal was both justified and overdue.
It is deceptively simple, but there are so many layers of truth, humor, history and relationships that to dig through the surrounding fields of emotion to find the right spot for each and every one of them must have been a remarkable experience.
This is a very odd play based on a very curious concept and the ultimate scene is one in which changes and modifications of reality come glaringly across the stage leaving only the wonder of how it all happened lying bare naked on the floor.
Director Regge Life's vision of the play sparkles in the hands of a quartet of seasoned players, allowing
the black humor to shine through as though it was always meant to delight rather than to chill the blood.
“4000 Miles” features award-winning actress Annette Miller and Shakespeare & Company member Gregory Boover along with Zoë Laiz and Company newcomer Emma Geer.
The Tina Packer Playhouse has a winner with this play. Even with the quirkiness in the writing, the Company onstage and backstage has presented a play worth watching – every moment of it.
