The Fires
written and directed by Raja Feather Kelly
Soho Repertory Theatre
June 13, 2024
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💉 out of 5.

The story focuses on 3 black men who live in the same claustrophobic “shotgun apartment” (a very shallow apartment that spans the entire width of the stage).  The time happens over three different decades- but rather than tell the stories in different acts the stories overlap and brush up against each other.  The principal character, Jay, owns the apartment and shares it with his lover, Jay.  This relationship and story is set in 1974 as Jay struggles with mental illness and fills mountains of journals with stories of love and other obtuse family matters.