Theatre in Review: Asymmetric (Ground Up Productions/59E59)

The term “too clever by half” could have been coined for Asymmetric, a spy drama that stretches one’s credulity to the breaking point and keeps going. We are in an undisclosed location belonging to the CIA. Sunny, one of the agency’s top operatives, has been accused of stealing the drawings of a new secret weapon, putting them up for sale on the Internet. The investigation is time-sensitive, because if news of her theft gets out it could bring down her entire operation, and her bosses, with her. Racing to do damage control, Zach, Sunny’s superior, brings in Josh, Sunny’s former supervisor and ex-husband, to interrogate her. How desperate a move is this? Josh and Sunny parted on the most acrimonious of terms, and, since then, Josh has gotten blind drunk nightly, rendering him all but unemployable. Before Josh can interrogate Sunny, he will have to get her to speak to him first.