FALSE START by Nicole Hrgetic. St. Vladimir’s Theatre. July 2 at 7:30 pm, July 3 at noon, July 4 at 1 pm, July 6 at 4:30 pm, July 8 at 11 pm, July 9 at 7 pm. Buy tickets. Rating: NNN
Jake and Zoey, a husband and wife who have been together since high school, deal with strains on their marriage as they struggle to try and have a baby.
The history of their relationship unfolds in flashbacks with two sets of actors playing each role. Andrea Brown and Andrew Knowlton are the present-day couple, while Elizabeth Adams and Dylan Evans play the younger version. As flirtatious teenagers, Adams’s and Evans’s energetic performance is particularly sweet and compelling.
Nicole Hrgetic’s script has a sitcom feel to it, sometimes cute and other times overwrought, but it explores the emotional effects of infertility issues with thoughtful sensitivity.
