(Courtesy of Constellation Stage and Screen)
Even if you’re skeptical that 1950s suburbia was actually great for most people, it’s easy to dream of a simpler, easier life. Wouldn’t it be nice to escape the complexities of the 21st century, our addiction to the internet, the changing climate, the near-impossibility of owning a house if you’re under the age of 40? Why not join a society for creative anachronism, especially if the anachronism is not medieval, but 1950s suburbia?
The latest Constellation play dives that question. It’s called Maple and Vine, and it’s about a 21st-century couple – Katha and Ryu – who have that chance. They take it, and it ends up being more complicated than they expected.
Louisville-based actor Megan Massie, who stars at Katha, and Cassie Hakken, Constellation’s marketing director, joined me in the studio to tell me about the production.