Geoffrey Melada — Theater Critic

The creative team led by director Marianne Elliott wisely leans into this confusion rather than attempting to cover it up. Several hints exist that these events may only be happening in Bobbie’s head, from Neil Austin’s ethereal, purple-red lighting to the way supporting characters emerge from surreal places (a refrigerator, a cake) to the exaggeratedly large birthday balloons in the shape of the number “35” that tower menacingly above Bobbie like Shelley’s “Mont Blanc.”