Tales of the Lost Formicans
If not the best new play of recent years, surely this is the most imaginative. Constance Congdon's brilliant off-Broadway script wryly deflects the story of a man with Alzheimer's disease into a travel guide to Middle America conducted by aliens. --William Henry III, TimeConstance Congdon's TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS is a treat in so many ways starting with its deliciously wry title....you shouldn't miss it: Congdon is a new voice, and her innumerable small triumphs are achieved with a freshness of spirit, with a humor and charm so distinctively individual, that one just wants to hear more and more from her.... Congdon's aliens are a fluidly shifting metaphor for her own complex relation to the subject of her drama, a lower-middle suburban family coping with three generations' worth of stress simultaneously. --Michael Feingold, Village Voice...a savagely uncompromising play of searching insights, biting wit and all too recognizable home truths... There are laughs, wit and humor, but this is a chillingly painful play. Congdon is a terrific playwright with sure command of language and her subject. --Polly Warfield, Drama-LogueConstance Congdon's TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS is a treat in so many ways starting with its deliciously wry title....you shouldn't miss it: Congdon is a new voice, and her innumerable small triumphs are achieved with a freshness of spirit, with a humor and charm so distinctively individual, that one just wants to hear more and more from her.... Congdon's aliens are a fluidly shifting metaphor for her own complex relation to the subject of her drama, a lower-middle suburban family coping with three generations' worth of stress simultaneously. --Michael Feingold, Village Voice...a savagely uncompromising play of searching insights, biting wit and all too recognizable home truths... There are laughs, wit and humor, but this is a chillingly painful play. Congdon is a terrific playwright with sure command of language and her subject. --Polly Warfield, Drama-Logue