Imaginary, it was.

I attended Southeastern's production of The Imaginary Invalid and watched the entire play.
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This play was not the first performance I have seen at Southeastern. I saw Jane Eyre, a dance showcase, and a few concerts. I really enjoy going to these type of events and I'm always up for attending them. This performance, though, is definitely the strangest I have seen.
The dance showcase, like The Imaginary Invalid, was directed (or whatever the proper term is) by Nickolas Dixon. I could tell immediately just by the costumes and how the dancers looked at the beginning of the show that it was a "work of Dixon." They were all doll-like and had glitter and face paint and quirky, bright, sparkly, extravagant outfits on. In both the showcase and this play, this was the case. So from making this comparison in the beginning, I was eager to see how the show would turn out.
When people would come up to me later that night, or the next day and ask me how the show went...I couldn't even describe it well enough in words. It was weird, and hilarious, and confusing. The plot was so random and throughout the whole thing I was asking myself
What the heck? What on earth is going on?
But while asking these questions, and being totally confused, I was laughing really hard. I don't know what it was about it, but it was quite humorous.
The characters...ah, they were great! Random, but great. The actors and actresses that played the characters really made them come to live. The performers did not hold back at all with anything. Their facial expressions, their body language, their voices, everything was completely amazing. I was so appalled by their ability to be in character so well!
The set always had something going on. The doll-like stage hands were in these picture frames and in different rooms of the house...always doing something. Listening, but sort of mocking the characters. It was hilarious! And there was this one doll character in the top right of the house that was way more obnoxious than the rest that was SO entertaining to watch. There was never a dull moment.
It was one of the weirdest performances I've probably ever seen, but I liked it.

Surprised at how much she loved this ridiculous musical,
Anna Marie

Favorite Moment: Random sword fighting in the middle of the father/daughter conflict. Only way to solve conflict in my opinion.