“Everything you need to know about a culture can be found in its rubbish pit,” Patricia (Sara Phillips) tells artist Jonathan Waxman (Josh Aaron McCabe) in the University Theatre’s production of “Sight Unseen,” which opened Friday to a half-full Mitchell Theater on the University of Wisconsin campus.
It’s a message that resonates both physically and metaphorically throughout the troupe’s vibrant production of Donald Margulies’ play.