Jet Black Chevrolet
By Scott T. Barsotti, Directed by Beau O’Reilly
Scott Barsotti’s Jet Black Chevrolet examines fear and imprisonment in post-Iraq-invasion America. While the war on terror rages in the distance, Sam and Catherine Curie have managed to imprison themselves–and each other–in their home. Catherine’s agoraphobia has become so acute she is cut off from the outside world; not checking the mail, answering the phone, or speaking to anyone. Sam, meanwhile, holds a secret and struggles with his inability to reconcile his desire to tell his wife the truth with his need to keep her stable. But when an unfamiliar car in the street threatens to send Catherine over the edge, Sam must make the choice. Beau O’Reilly directs.
Ace director Beau O’Reilly keeps the first act of Scott T. Barsotti’s pretentious new drama from sinking under its own weight… The play begins as a seemingly existential dialogue between a fed-up husband and his recluse wife (a nice turn by Debbie Safeblade in this School of the Art Institute/Curious Theatre Branch production), who’s focused her paralyzing panic on a mysterious Chevy parked in front of their house