The goal, as with all Nothing Without a Company performances, is total immersion.
The word batu in the title of Hannah Ii-Epstein's powerful play
is a slang term in Hawaiian drug culture for methamphetamine (it comes from
the Tagalog word for "rock" or "stone"). The title also is a nonsexual
double entendre—meaning both giving up meth entirely and indulging in two
hits of meth (not one, but two)—that connects to the show's central
conflict: Honey Girl, a former meth addict trying to keep clean in a
subculture where everyone she knows is a user (even her mother) so she can
keep custody of her kid, continues to deal meth to supplement her meager
income.…
The goal, as with all Nothing Without a Company performances, is total immersion.
The word batu in the title of Hannah Ii-Epstein's powerful play
is a slang term in Hawaiian drug culture for methamphetamine (it comes from
the Tagalog word for "rock" or "stone"). The title also is a nonsexual
double entendre—meaning both giving up meth entirely and indulging in two
hits of meth (not one, but two)—that connects to the show's central
conflict: Honey Girl, a former meth addict trying to keep clean in a
subculture where everyone she knows is a user (even her mother) so she can
keep custody of her kid, continues to deal meth to supplement her meager
income.…