Reviewed by Tony Annicone

Wilbury Theatre Group opens their ninth season with Samuel Beckett’s existential play “Waiting for Godot.” It first appeared on Broadway in April, 1956. It is about two tramps, Estragon and Vladimir and stars Richard Donelly as Gogo and Tom Gleadow as Didi. They sit waiting on a barren road for Godot. While they wait they run into three people as the two of them have long discussions with each other. They quarrel, make up, contemplate suicide, eat a carrot and gnaw on some chicken bones. One of the men that they meet is Pozzo. He is going to the market to sell his slave, Lucky. He converses with the two men while Lucky entertains them by dancing and thinking. Director Fred Sullivan masterfully takes us on this comic but informative journey about the meaning of life and how we explore it, awaiting the outcome and hoping for something or someone who gives us this positive energy. Are we waiting for a lover, for God or the path our life will take? Beckett lets the audience members decide what they think the meaning of this play is, leaving it up to them to solve the pathway of their lives.

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