The sins of the father . . . or, fear of the knock upon the door that the father never contended with now worries the mind of the son. Anyone who has had to deal with father-son issues will relate in a gut-wrenching way to Marj O'Neill-Butler's "Ingrown Fear". The subtext that burns beneath this piece is nearly unbearable. Kudos!

It's a short monologue, but in Bruce's reflections, O'Neill-Butler captures the curiosity of childhood and how the choices of a parent can cast a shadow over years to come.

A knock on the door provides a jarring insight. INGROWN FEAR, a splendid short monologue by Marj O’Neill-Butler, has a very natural and easy gait and a disturbing question: How does one cope with information you were never meant to have?