Engagements
According to the definition posted in the lobby, "engagements" has three meanings: Formal agreements to get married Arrangements to go somewhere or do something at a fixed time Battles between armed forces In her play, Engagements , playwright Lucy Teitler explores all three meanings, showing the ever-blurring line between them. Set mostly at a series of engagement parties, Engagements begins with Lauren ( Ana Nogueira ) speaking into a microphone, telling us her inner monologue. She is admiring her best friend, Allison ( Jennifer Kim ), and remarking that Allison's beau, Mark ( Michael Stahl-David ) is unremarkable. He's just average, she bemoans. But sometimes, as the sage Paula Abdul notes, opposites attract, and all's fair in love and war, so, wouldn't you know it, Lauren and Mark end up sneaking off to a gazebo for a (maybe dangerous) liaison. The rest of the play (which includes a visit from Lauren's cousin, Catherine ( Brooke Weisman ...