I'm hoping it will be one of those seasonal favorites that get remounted every year, because I'd be glad to see it again. It's a short play, just an actor and an actress. The part for the actress is wildly expressive - an extreme extrovert - and Courtney Arnett took the role at full speed with stunning energy. Jeremy Menekseoglu, the playwright, was also the actor. He plays an intense introvert, and was very funny in a bit where he realizes that she has taken him to a predominantly gay party.
Despite the show's title, it was a heartwarming show, a kind of comedy, even romantic. People left the play smiling. As one synopsis has it:
...two people who always spend Christmas alone manage to find each other...Yes, there are reasons they always spend Christmas alone. Let's just say they are humorous, but very troubled individuals.
But somehow they seem well-suited
and overdue to get their lives rebooted.
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