Drifting Along: Rancho Viejo

It can certainly be said that Dan LeFranc has taken a lot of chances with his new play Rancho Viejo at Playwrights Horizons. He has written nine distinct characters (along with one well-trained dog) who are often on stage all at once. He has also allowed his own writing to breathe to such an extent that Rancho Viejo lasts for three hours with two intermissions, and yet this maximalist canvas is very often patiently, bewilderingly minimalist in tone and effect. Set in the southern California of D