Reiter describing the crucifixion is mentally scarring.
WWJD? Well, according to his mother, Jesus didn’t always do what she thought he should. It’s like a mother of a celebrity superstar suggesting her kid isn’t ‘all that.’ At one point, she talks about quarreling with her son and not speaking to him through dinner. And suspiciously hints at where he got them. She describes seeing her son in a room wearing robes that suggest royalty. Her superb storytelling skills put us in the moment. She believes her son was unnecessarily sacrificed for a cause that isn’t necessarily hers. This Mary is a human being in unimaginable agony. This isn’t the statuesque Virgin Mary adorning a nook in a Cathedral. And admits she is unable to refer to her son by name. She explains an empty seat as a memorial. The initial tranquility is shattered quickly as the angry Reiter tells of her loss, first a husband and then a son. On the candlelit stage, the ambiance is mellow almost spa-like. The show starts with her rising from a submerged pool. Under the direction of Dennis Zacek, Reiter is mesmerizing. In the one woman show, Linda Reiter (Mary) tells the familiar stories of the wedding at Cana, Lazarus’ rising from the dead and the crucifixion but from a mother’s perspective. THE TESTAMENT OF MARY was a 2013 Tony Award nominee for Best Play. Playwright Colm Toibin answers that question with stories told from Mary’s perspective. I often consider WWJD? Yet, I’ve never considered What Would Mary Do? I have fifteen and half years of Catholic education. Victory Gardens presents the Midwest Premiere of THE TESTAMENT OF MARY.
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