Fabulous Darshan, Bob Stewart's wise, funny, and splendidly entertaining new play at WorkShop Theater company, is indeed fabulous in every way. This is wondrously human theatre, trading in the universal struggles and truths that everyone deals with in their lives. Stewart and his collaborators explore the human condition with grace, intelligence, joy, and compassion.
The four-man company is superb. Tim Cain anchors the play as Ken in a tour de force performance that's just bursting with heart. As the god Ganesh as well as Moishe, Dash, and JohnJohn, Mike Smith Rivera gets to demonstrate his alarming versatility and talent. Spencer Scott Barros brings maturity, insight, and great empathy to the role of Edmond. And newcomer Evan Bernardin (who has just finished his sophomore year at Marymount Manhattan College) is excellent as Stu, his own young age belying the depth and complexity he's able to bring to this character.
Fabulous Darshan is a triumph for the WorkShop, a long-running indie company whose raison d'etre is to develop new scripts like this one. It deserves a long, fabulous future.
Journalist:
Martin Denton