Walter Borden and Scott Wentworth in An Orchid and Other Such Lilies and Lies | Photo by Seamus Easton
I stewed over how to even begin my review, let alone do this play justice. In a way, An Orchid and Other Such Lilies and Lies, presented by Dandelion Theatre, is quite a simple, contained piece. Two actors, one conversation. But where they take each other, and us, is teeming with memory and emotion. I want to be deliberate and decisive, but I hesitate. I’m not sure how much sense this will make to you, but the play is so delicate, I’m afraid of tearing its wings apart by handling it too clumsily. (A butterfly, you see, features in a quietly devastating and enigmatic bit of imagery that still haunts me as I write this.) Continue Reading