SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS at The Eli & Edythe Broad Stage

Photo by Ben Gibbs

Terry Morgan  –  Stage Raw

If film is primarily a visual medium, then theatre is mainly about the spoken word. The emphasis should fall upon “spoken.” Plays are meant to be performed, not read. So, when playwright Bess Wohl decided to make her play Small Mouth Sounds largely silent, she was adding a level of difficulty to her endeavor. Happily, the results are a success, and the current Ars Nova production presented by the Broad Stage is both amusing and compelling.
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Now running through January 28