Rendering 3 (Theatre)

The title of the article is ‘Paradise Costs. Romance, Razors, and Pistols in an Indoor Forest’. The article was published by Brendan Kiley on March 6, 2013 and is taken from The Stranger magazine. The chief aim of the article is to give the reader some information about a new way of performing of The Satori Group. Now the stage is covered in dirt, the room is crowded with tree trunks, and tarps and blankets hang from wires and branches.

As the author reports the collaboration between Satori and playwright Martyna Majok, reWilding, has more like a Burroughs cut-up than a regular plot. Its residents are people from everywhere and the only thing which unites them is a wish to forage their own food, sew their own clothes, and reinvent the conditions of their lives.

The author points out that there people are free and can do what they want. He gives some examples of people’s behavior and according to his words the atmosphere of this place can be characterized by words "primitivism" or "anarchism".

Further the author reports about the performance itself. It is directed by Caitlin Sullivan and doesn’t have a real plot but creates a particular mood. Some characters change, of course: the new girl, through her trials by fire, transforms into a regular resident, and two young boys with conservative religious families discover their desire for each other.

In conclusion the reporter says that there have already been 14 performers and though the show isn't perfect, but it's a successful experiment. All in all, I think it is an interesting idea to join such unusual people together. Maybe I would visit this theatre if I had a chance because such extravagant people with so different views of life can make other people look in a different light at some things.