A reaction against overly complex, representative works, the art that emerged in this period was characterized by spareness and abstraction.

At the same time, it represents a return of sorts — to the spareness of his early writing as well as to his fascination with artists as characters.

Because of that spareness, entrances are especially dramatic.

The spareness of the physicality and the statue-like placement of the actors put you in mind, at times, of a production consumed with stylish minimalism.

This slender play has some of the spareness of poetry, which Sarah and Max periodically speak aloud.