Sharpenicity

Charming and captivating sums up Constellation Theatre Company’s rendering of ABSOLUTELY! {perhaps} -Pirandello’s  parable about meddlesome characters trying to figure out what is the true story behind the mysterious new family in town. While Pirandello seems to play with the ideas of images and impressions for knowing the truth-- and makes short shrift of facts--he never discounts the reality of truth.  Ashley Ivey as Lamberto Laudisi guides the characters along, always reminding us of this  and the limits and fallacies in what we think we know.  There are of course three sides to every story.  The play presents  two opposite but connecting answers with Michael Glenn and Kimberly Schraf as the the pivotal characters Signor Ponza and his mother-in-law Signora Frola.  Can one be telling the truth? Can both be telling the truth?    Can both be lying? While there is much disagreement among the characters, this play, on which every line hinges on the comic coordination of all