Nonetheless, the actors lend the characters vibrant identities far beyond those sketched in the script.
Even with its strengths, the script is overshadowed here by Mr. Carlisle's relentlessly vibrant staging, which keeps the noise level cranked up and 21 actors shuffling on and off the stage in nearly constant motion.
But Mr. Dosunmu, working from a sensitive script by Darci Picoult and immeasurably aided by Bradford Young's vibrant and sensual cinematography, departs from the conventions of the immigrant's tale in ways both subtle and emphatic.
Members of the Tomkins Institute also enjoy being part of a vibrant learning community concerned with theory, research, and applications of affect and script theory.
"When I read the script what first attracted me to it was the humour and the vibrant characters.
What matters in the scripts, screenplays and novels is that "the work be deeply engaging and alive and vibrant," he said.
Treitz, who co-wrote the script with Kate Lyn Sheil (who also plays Betsy's sister Josephine), sees rustic life in distant times with an astonishingly vibrant, tactile precision.
