Don T Drink The Water Play Review

Don’t Drink the Water Review This winter, Beavercreek High School put on the production, Don’t Drink the Water, a play Woody Allen wrote. The play, intended for young adults to older adults, contains humor that, considering the jokes pertain to government, politics, and country stereotypes, stands too mature for younger audiences. Don’t Drink the Water, starts with Axel Magee, the son of a United States ambassador stationed in a Soviet country. Axel, forced to take on his father’s role as Ambassador, starts causing chaos as soon as his father leaves the Embassy and puts him in charge. An American family, the Hollanders, run into the Embassy after the Soviet police chased them for taking pictures of a top-security area, accusing them of spies. Although they attempt to escape, the family’s personalities provide many obstacles on their “vacation”. Mr. Hollander, acting stubborn and miserable, Mrs. Hollander, angry at her husband, and Susan, determined to stay with
Axel, all create tension whilst locked up in the Embassy. Despite their troubles and conflicts faced, they finally manage to escape. An important scene in the play, the escape of the Hollander family provides the conclusion to Don’t Drink the Water.
To escape from the Embassy, the set in this scene, Mr. and Mrs. Hollander dress up as a visiting sultan and his wife to escape. Susan, now married to Axel, escapes using the diplomatic immunity, granted as an Ambassador’s wife. A priest, who has lived in the Embassy for six years, ties up the Soviet police trying to prevent the escapees from fleeing. The acting during this scene sat well with the audience, as the actors and actresses portrayed the characters’ emotions well. Mr. and Mrs. Hollander seemed perfect pretending to imitate the sultan and his wife. Their effort to stay in character and not reveal their true identities provided a humorous and entertaining scene to watch. Susan and Axel’s relationship gave the scene an element of calmness in the midst of the chaos, created a satisfied emotion to the viewers in the audience, and wrapped up the end of their story in an agreeable
way. Overall, the play contained an enjoyably humorous, fully developed plotline, and exciting ending. Interactions between characters were lively and kept viewers attentive instead of bored out of their minds. One suggestion in improving the play is improved fluency between scenes changes, making them less choppy by ridding the changes of awkward moments. In the end, Don’t Drink the Water delivered the viewers a memorable play.