Reviewed by Tony Annicone

Marisol – Written by Jose Rivera; Director Brian Mertes; Ashley Frith; Composer/Musical Director; Kei Soares Cobb, Composer; Orlando Pabotoy, Choreographer; Eugene Lee, Set Design; Cait O’Connor, Costume Design; Cha See, Lighting Design. Presented by Trinity Repertory Company at 201 Washington St, Providence, RI through June 16

Welcome to a very bleak and grim future in New York where things start going out of control and madness seems to have taken the reins. This is the gist of Marisol by Jose Rivera. It examines human relationships set in the chaos of a major upheaval, and is the closing play of Trinity Repertory Company’s 55th season. It centers on Marisol, a copy editor who becomes involved with the disintegration of New York City as it is being turned into a wasteland. It opens with the cast members singing “My Country Tis of Thee.” The show also takes a look at theology, paranoia, fear and sex as well as showing the dissolution of contemporary society and the battle of good versus evil. It shows how wayward angels try to take over society after they feel that God can no longer do so. They want to encourage people sometimes forcibly to help them achieve their goals. Will the angels convince the humans to help them achieve hope for the future or is everything just doom and gloom?

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