In both cases, Foreman has chosen subjects that suffer from misperceptions brought about by others who have hijacked and then perverted the essential ideas of the sources. I Learned in Kindergarten . It's not one we learn especially well, yet coming face to face with adult greed can be a jolting experience for a child. It is a meditation, grim and a bit melancholy even though quite funny, on the state in which humanity now finds itself. Foreman draws us through an expansive assessment of post-modern ideology and its servant, avarice, all pitched through his phantasmagoric lens.
Dogs can bite, of course, but post-commie man has pretty sharp teeth too.
Smith and Torn, two faithful servants of Foreman, have never been better. Any attempt to describe the full nature of the characters they develop onstage is as pointless as trying to describe the nature of Foreman's play itself. Suffice it to say that Fred and Freddie will linger long in the memory, in counterpoint to the perplexing questions with which Foreman, as is typical, teases our minds. Tues., Thurs. - Sun.