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The opening night energy was palpable and light at the first performance of Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s Annapurna. The show begins inside a disheveled one-room trailer, where a man, naked except for a (welcome) apron, is cooking. A woman enters with a suitcase, launching a story of love and forgiveness after the end of a magnetic and codependent relationship.
It’s the story of Emma (Karen Trumbo) and Ulysses (Bruce Burkhartsmeier), and it unfolds in one act over the course of 90 minutes. The few scenes are played staccato, with heavy repetition and Aaron Sorkin-style dialogue: “Don’t pretend you’ve never been been given a finger without taking the whole hand.”
“Holy crap,” says one character. “I know,” replies another. Those paired phrases repeat four times.
