Theater Review: Ubuntu Theater Project Gets Ambitious with the Premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda’s New Play Pool of Unknown Wonders

L to R: Mergherita Ventura (Sophie), Peter Strielstra (Gorkys), and Sharon Shao (Karma). Photo Courtesy of Simone Finney, 2018.

Ubuntu Theater Project starts off it’s season collaborating with acclaimed Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda in the premiere of Pool of Unknown Wonders: Undertow of the Soul. It’s a conceptual piece: abstract and non-linear. Multiple characters play different roles in each other’s lives, so it can be a test of focus. As they overlap, the stories seem to intersect; it’s clear there’s one destination, but how they got on that bus is the mystery about to unfold. Continue reading “Theater Review: Ubuntu Theater Project Gets Ambitious with the Premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda’s New Play Pool of Unknown Wonders