A diamond in the rough, Enjoy (written by chelfitsch founder Toshiki Okada) takes viewers on a unique—albeit unsettlingly confusing—journey through the lives of workers at a Tokyo manga café.  Enjoy opens with a captivatingly performed monologue recounting an oddball interaction at a urinal;  however, it steadily descends into a confusing smattering of half-recounted tales, complicated love triangles, and witty quips.  While the play appears to have no direction by the first intermission, audience members who stick around are given a pleasant surprise as an insightful plot begins to form. 

Despite its stagnant moments and occasional lulls, by no means is this play a dismissible work—Enjoy is an expert portrayal of life’s complexity amidst simple circumstances.

(Enjoy was produced by the Japan Society and The Play Company and presented at 59E59.  The show’s run ended in May 2010.)