They so horny

References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot, written by José Rivera and directed by Margot Melcon, loads the stage with rich poetry and fervent sexual energy. Surreal characters, from cats to coyotes, seduce each other aggressively as if sex were more essential than food to stay alive.

Beneath a glimmering moon backdrop, actor Jocelyn Stringer’s Cat character slides enticingly and spreads lust like Marilyn Monroe; she portrays walking sex so scrumptiously that Coyote (Callen Reece) tries to conquer her. Pumped up from blowing people away while jumping out of helicopters and climbing mountains in the Gulf War, Benito (Vincent Ressa) returns to his wife Gabriela (Nancy Van Lydegraf) to jump in her legs. But she seeks fulfillment by contemplating the universe and studying, not from sex. Ressa does a good job dealing with Lydegraf in the moment and overcoming the obstacles by coaxing her out of her brain and into her body. His only problem is that Gabriela constantly uses metaphors, which he emulates to disastrous and hilarious results.

Martin (Marcus Sams), a teenaged peeping Tom, also has his eye on Gabriela and watches her undress under the moonlight. He brings her goodies and romances her because he desperately wants to score. Giving an outstanding performance, Sams speaks Spanish well and throws a believable tantrum when his sexual frustration finally explodes.

Although a few scenes in the first half appear to fall flat by lacking the emotion to back up the script’s heightened language, the production still possesses plenty of comedy, lust and poetic imagery to entertain and reconnect audiences with their primal urges—or even to "just get laid afterwards," as was the original said intent of director Melcon.