Nice Fish Play Summary
The first weekend of October 2017, Grinnell College Theatre Department presented Nice Fish at Roberts Theatre in Bucksbaum Center. The play was originally written by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins, and was directed by Professor Ellen Mease in Grinnell College. Like the prose poems of Jenkins, Nice Fish conveys the meaning of life via conversations among the characters. Yet, the play gives a more vivid account by converting the text descriptions into motions and stage settings.
The plot revolves around two old friends, Ron and Erik, who are struggling on a frozen lake in northern Minnesota, at the last day of the fishing season. Erik is an enthusiastic fisherman who patiently sits on a bucket and waits for the fish. Meanwhile, his friend
The plot revolves around two old friends, Ron and Erik, who are struggling on a frozen lake in northern Minnesota, at the last day of the fishing season. Erik is an enthusiastic fisherman who patiently sits on a bucket and waits for the fish. Meanwhile, his friend