In the aftermath of the most horrific tragedy a mother could be asked to bear, a deeply moving relationship evolves between that annoying son-in-law and herself as they struggle to cope. Excellent work.

This is a gorgeous play, at once heart breaking AND optimistic, if that's possible. There's grief, certainly, but there's also humor in this play, which was a surprise to me on the first read. Where do we turn when we don't know how to go on? The play would be wonderfully powerful in an intimate setting.

I have now seen this play twice. The expression of grief is raw and identifiable whether you have experienced a loss via terrorism or illness or accident. Still Life demonstrates how grief can throw two people together with no desire to part, until grief starts to change, ever so slightly, and life must go on. I recommend it and would add that it is easily staged and a powerful discussion piece about the suddenness of death and unset of grief (this applies to any death, no matter how slow in coming).