Everybody knows that Donnie Lawrence killed his wife. They just think he got away with it. But when mystery writer Hal Walker is hired to ghostwrite this “story of the century," Hal is determined to discover the truth -- even if he has to grapple with all his own whiskey-soaked ghosts to do it. He wants to save Donnie's daughter, Miriam. But he may not even be able to save himself. A slick, surprising, post-modern play about true crime and terrible consequences.

“…a tense and riveting eighty minutes… Sly and smartly crafted.” -Simon Saltzman, Curtain-Up

“Though EM Lewis’s 80-minute thriller TRUE STORY pays homage to Raymond Chandler’s detective-story and film-noir tradition of the 1930s and ‘40s, the play offers a more current (cell-phone era) exploration of the genre, combining the twists and turns of a gripping murder mystery with the profound human issues of coping with loss, assuming responsibility, the nature of truth, and the desire for justice. Passage Theatre Company’s world-premiere production, directed with wit and suspense by Damon Bonetti, succeeds in delivering all the surprises, humor, emotion, and psychology inherent in the script.” -Deborah Miller, Phindie.com