ON THE FRINGE: The Aliens

POSTED: Friday, September 2, 2011, 4:00 PM

At first, Annie Baker’s/Theatre Exile's The Aliens feels like a stoner sketch: Jeb Kreager and Sam Henderson play delicious silences punctuated by song scraps, hanging by the Green Sheep Cafe’s dumpster. Then Matt Pfeiffer’s production takes off for parts unexpected — the nature of genius, the meaning of friendship, life’s cruel twists, quirky songs — with sublime beauty, grace, and “genius,” whatever that is. These 30-something slackers adopt a 17-year-old busboy (Aubie Merrylees) and... just see it. Really. Feel your heart contract and expand. Afterwards, you’ll “Thank The Aliens.”

Through Sept. 18, $20, Studio X, 1340 S. 13th St. MORE INFO HERE.

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