Two men stand at opposite ends of the stage. One wants to cross the waters, represented by a mirrored shard on the floor. The other bars his way, demanding money or sounding doubtful warnings of the journey’s danger.
Marc-Emmanuel Soriano’s play, translated from French by Amanda Gann, is a stripped-down, devastating drama about migrant lives hanging in limbo. Directed by Alice Hamilton and produced by the Clarisse Makundul company, it is full of poetry and nail-biting dread.
