gothamist is always happy to see george saunders’ name in the table of contents when we pick up the new yorker or harpers, so we were definitely keen to see yehuda duenyas’ stage adaptation of the short story pastoralia, playing now at ps 122. we weren’t disappointed. the actors bring saunders’ partly hilarious, partly sorrowful fable to life to an extent you might not think possible just by reading the story; and while it might be off-off-broadway, where certain elements of a production are sometimes necessarily neglected for lack of space or money, everything about this show, beginning with the fantastic set by michael casselli, work to draw you into the world saunders created in his distinctive style, which duenyas translates faithfully to stage.
briefly, the idea is this: ed ...
