Squaring Up the Winners and Losers

The “On the Boards” production of Winners and Losers performed on April 25, 2014 in Seattle is, in essence, a conversation between two friends that reaches a jarringly honest and personal crescendo where the line between improvised and scripted performance blurs. Written and performed by James Long and Marcus Youssef, under the direction of Chris Abraham, the play is woven around the eponymous game Winners and Losers, during whichthe two characters take turns listing people, objects, places, and so on, to pronounce them as either winners or losers.