The five sisters in this story could not be more distinctive or unique, with specific quirks and hangups that make them feel profoundly human and dimensional. The magic of this play, other than the structure (and the lemons!), is how much you come to care about and worry for these women. It's consistently funny, which helps make the emergent moments of gut-deep grief feel genuine. As in most of David Hilder's plays, the characters change and grow in the most subtle and sublime ways, always leaving readers with a powerful image. Seldom has catharsis felt both so hard-won and well-earned.

This beautiful play follows five sisters backwards and forwards in time from their mother's death. It is a wonderful combination of poignant and hilarious. Each sister is so different, wrestling with her own demons, and yet they are all one unit as well, thanks to the glue that was their mother. This is a lovely look at growth, dreams, aging, and family. Just a wonderful, wonderful play.

I loved the dynamics, the twists and turns, and the unexpected depths to which this play goes as its layers form more and more nuanced meanings. Hilder has great facility in writing characters I truly care about and the moments that push them and pull them in all the directions during their grief. Fascinating play!