No contemporary, local playwright makes you squirm in your seat like Matt Gasda. The latest of his hyper-specific living room plays, Zoomers, is about just that, specifically Bushwick zoomers, a subculture so easy to target they should be wary of rogue bows and arrows as they wait for the L train at Myrtle-Wyckoff, Elf Bar in hand. With his signature winding dialogue, delivered by characters so recognizable they border on annoying, Gasda examines this particular niche with a fine tooth comb, just as he did in last year’s Dimes Square, which cemented him as the foremost playwright amongst the Red Scare set. Like, Wait, how do you know the girl I used to live with and why have I literally had this exact conversation before? It’s tempting to get up onstage—though there is no stage, just a loft-like space consisting of a couch, a few chairs, and a coffee table—and interject, try and move things along. But ultimately, it’s more fun to watch.
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