High Noon is a truly ensemble piece. The uniformly excellent cast often moves as one. Remaining onstage the entire play, the actors circle the playing space and each other almost as one organism. Characters advance and retreat, emerging from the group to create a scene, and then fading into the background as others move forward. Clad in period costumes in various shades of grey, the actors are sometimes little more than shadows. This unaffected choreography keeps the action moving despite the abstract, bare bones presentation.
High Noon

Spencer Aste, Jon McCormick, Phil Gillen and Brian Barnhart (photo: Pavel Antonov)