Drinks With Friends: if rocks can do it so well

I don't want to say this play was terrible but I can't say it was good either.  I can sum up this production in one sentence: Did I just about sleep through a girl fucking a rock on stage?  I uttered this sentence to the person next to me and they smiled back with a "why the hell am I here?" kind of smile and and whispered: "Yes, Shane.  Yes you did."

This play had many, many problems.  The first of which was the script.  It was, as Andrew Templeton pointed out: "fifty minutes of full on gibberish".  The script had no real story to it nor did it have a terribly solid structure.  It was a snippet of a larger play - a long diatribe about how boys suck.  And older boys for that matter.  I mean, what was she doing with this older rock, anyway?  He was obviously much too old for her and, if you looked closely enough, it was apparent that he was an igneous rock!  No one in their right mind dates an igneous rock!  They are created by the direction cooling action of boiling magma and always become hard core members of that "bad crowd" I keep hearing about.

The second problem was the venue.  It was too hot and the lights were much too high.  The buzzing of the lights and the muggy heat made sitting through that show almost unbearable.  I was constantly fighting sleep and the people sitting in front of us did manage to break off a few snores here and there.  I counted several bowed heads.  I am sure they weren't praying.  If they were, it wasn't asking for the strength to stay awake.  A weak script and a hot studio with little or no ventilation made for a rigid aggregate experience.

The third problem was the meaning of the title.  I don't get it.  There was no drinking and, aside from the rose bush, this girl appeared to have no friends.  All she did was complain about how she was rejected by a rock.  The poster looked really good, though.  But, isn't that a bad thing?  If I can look at the play and then look at the poster and determine that the poster is the better of the two - that's bad, right?

If you are into geologic fucking, this play is for you.  Sadly, it didn't do it for me.  I am more of a sedimentary rock and script kind of person.

UPDATE: I also want to point out that the actor in the production was VERY good.  She worked very well with the material.  It is just a shame that the material was not complete.

To see the poster image and showtime information rock here.

If you think Shane got his rocks off unfairly then tell him below.