6/11/2023 0 Comments Gay zoom chats![]() ![]() It’s a mixed bag as the adult siblings gather, though they are all resolutely doing the best they can as they tentatively try to rejoin the world. Rhinebeck’s Apple family begins to rejoin the world in Richard Nelson’s latest Zoom play For those familiar with the characters from the series of plays at the Public and the first two Zoom plays, there is an ease of intimacy with these characters as we slip into this piece, and it’s almost surprising to discover how eager we’ve been to know what’s going on with them and how they are coping. The first was in April, the second in July, and now the third “Incidental Moments of the Day,” is set right now - the early weeks of September. In his masterful trilogy of plays created for Zoom, playwright and director Richard Nelson has given us glimpses into the lives of the Apple family as they struggle and survive in the world of COVID-19. Such meetings would have been inconceivable in previous global events that forced us into prolonged, distanced lives, such as pandemics or wars when the rare, expensive long-distance phone call or letters were all people had to sustain fragile, mutable human links. Despite isolation and separation, we have still been able to participate in the dailiness of our friends’ and families’ lives. Certainly, video chats pale in comparison to in-person visits, but it is remarkable how they have transformed communication in just a few short months. One of the great compensations in this pandemic world has been the ability to virtually connect with friends and families by video technology platforms like Zoom.
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