Review: Prepare for emotional damage in Echo Theatre’s stunning ‘I and You’
Tyler “T” Lang and Olivia Cinquepalmi in Echo Theatre’s ‘I and You.’ (Courtesy photo) The devastation felt after watching Lauren Gunderson’s I and You was so much that here I am writing about the show less than an hour after it wrapped up its opening night performance.
Produced by Echo Theatre, this is the second Gunderson production by the company after kicking off its season just weeks ago with her show Natural Shocks.
Having recovered from that emotional rollercoaster, Echo director Eric Berg turned emotions inside out for this delicate story about two high school students learning about life together by way of Walt Whitman. Related: Coming out helped director Sasha Maya Ada level up for Echo’s Natural Shocks Due to a genetic liver disease, high school senior Caroline (Olivia Cinquepalmi) is homebound living with her mother who is a dramatic mess about the whole situation.
Anthony (Tyler “T” Lang) appears, a fellow student who’s teacher recommended to work with Caroline on a poetry presentation due the next morning about Walt Whitman.
