Director Mark Colson led a top notch cast through Janet Colson’s new comedy? satire? EA, based around a series of Eaters Anonymous meetings. It bordered on the absurd and offered a lot of opportunities to laugh, as well as to roll your eyes at peoples’ foibles and also scratch your head in disbelief.
This one hour and 43 minute experience features Christine Fisk, Connor Kelly, Rico Bruce Wade, Sara Frank Hepfer, Rose Jangmi Cooper, Amy Rickett, Angela Dill, Erica Beck, and Iris Raine with
narration (stage directions) by Jeff Magnuson. Each brought life to their distinct and varied characters — and Angela Dill and Connor Kelly get the award for the most believable Zoom fistfight I have yet to see.
Conflicts and power plays among the meeting attendees felt a bit disjointed and sometimes surreal but never boring. I hope real 12-step meetings are a little more welcoming. What is the deep meaning behind God making coffee and the ritual stacking of chairs? I feel like I should watch it again before making any kind of pronouncement. The video is now being “processed” and will be available “through the end of the weekend” on Riverwalk’s Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNn-HpMtd9r5EaIauCC6vCg
Check out the comments and add your voice on Riverwalk’s Facebook page. EA is free of charge, but if you are so inspired, Riverwalk welcomes donations at http://riverwalktheatre.com