Dear Elizabeth
Seattle Repertory Theater, 2015
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Scenery by L.B. Morse
Costumes by Erik Andor
Lighting by Robert Aguilar
Sound by Matt Starritt
Much of the power and emotion is due to the gorgeous direction from Allison Narver and her exceptional cast. Narver has taken what could be a park and bark of two people sitting espousing someone else's words and infused it with some beautiful staging, keeping the engagement in the relationship and the characters alive.
“Dear Elizabeth,” now at Seattle Repertory Theatre in Allison Narver’s unstuffy staging, brings us into the vital creative spirits, troubled psyches and complicated romance of two great American poets … What a joy, also, to ponder the art of sustained friendship between soul mates in vital need of a beloved’s stimulating, soothing words. You leave believing the thrill of language in the theater is still alive — and the art of letter-writing needs resurrecting.
