Whether mourning the tragic fact that a human cannot be a nose or having an epiphany during a rowdy game of “Duck, Duck, Goose,” student theater group Something on The Green’s “Melancholy Play” has a bit of absurdity for everyone.
Written by Sarah Ruhl ’97 MFA’01, the show was presented this past weekend in the Fishman Studio at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. The show follows a variety of satirical characters as they grapple with love, melancholy and almonds.
The playbill included a note from director Zoe Redlich ’25 urging audience members to “indulge in a bit of melancholia on a rainy afternoon,” as well as a special thanks to the Rhode Island School of Design’s “almond printer” — both of which set the scene for the evening…