Jonah
written by Rachel Bonds
Directed by Danya Taymor
Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre
February 2, 2024
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💉💉💉 out of 5.

Jonah is a quiet, frightening play that covers familiar territory for contemporary theatre with a new and rather fresh approach.  Jonah tells the story of Ana who is leading multiple story lines on stage.  In one story line, she is a college student that is striking up a beautifully innocent and simple relationship with Jonah – a relationship almost too simple and beautiful to believe that it is actually true.  Then 30 minutes into the play we are introduced into another world for Ana in which she is the stepchild of a highly abusive stepdad that regularly and increasingly terrorizes her step- brother.  These scenes get more and more brutal until incest and suicide raise their ugly heads.