"In the line at the parking lot across from the Adrienne Theatre in Philadelphia, the debate still raged. Those of us in that line who had just come from the InterAct Theatre’s production of "When We Go Upon The Sea" were not yet finished with analyzing the play we’d seen, a play that left us at once confounded - and also impressed. ... Bush [is] wonderfully wrought by Conan McCarty ... But it’s the “why” ... that is at the heart of this intriguing semi-comedy ... Issues of war and peace, responsibility and indifference, and surely the key issue of what actually is a President’s responsibility, keep the moral issues flowing. Director Paul Meshejian manages to combine the sharpest Blessing wit ... in just the right doses, and then he can turn on a dime to weighty issues and imponderables. This play moves! ... the script is imaginative and perfectly rendered by this small, gifted cast. ... The play is already commissioned to play off-Broadway in June, surely a feather in the cap - and a first - for InterAct. For that reason alone - along with plenty of others - this provocative play is worth your time ..."
Read Sally Friedman's Full Central Record Review
Links to more information about WHEN WE GO UPON THE SEA:
WHEN WE GO UPON THE SEA Moves to Off-Broadway!
Read the Philadelphia Inquirer Review
Read Audience Reactions to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Review
Read J. Cooper Robb's Philadelphia Weekly Review
Read Alaina Mabaso's EdgePhiladelphia.com Review
Read Robert Zaller's BroadstreetReview.com Review
Purchase Tickets
Play Description, Artist Bios & Performance Calendar
(including a talk-back with playwright Lee Blessing)
An Interview with Playwright Lee Blessing
Actor Conan McCarty on Playing George W. Bush
InterAct's 20/20 New Play Commission Program
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