Crossing Aviva
by Matt Reiger
When a neighborhood kid is mugged while running an errand for a mysterious figure named Hart (Rieger), it sets off a series of killings and reprisals that upends the power dynamic of the town.
“Told in four acts through a breathlessly listed series of dozens of scenes—none much longer than five minutes—this is an intermittently amusing but often baffling stew of snark and philosophizing masquerading as a mystery… Rick Paul’s witty visual design—which includes a background of lit-up buildings and an LED crawl announcing the endlessly changing scenes—goes a long way to mitigate the overly busy text”
“Curious Theatre Branch presents 'Crossing Aviva', a noir-esque master scoundrel whodunnit and at the same time, a comedy of manners. A botched delivery puts Queen-pins of the underworld at odds with each other. Mistakes of fact and misunderstood identities create an illusion of danger, as all-involved take precautions to elude getting "crossed out".”
