This play was recommended to me by a friend whose ridiculously talented daughter is working on a scene from it in her second year at Juilliard. It is a beautiful little play that asks the question: Are there things a strong, happy relationship can't come back from? The characters are expertly drawn and the exchange is laced with heartbreaking subtext, but the real win here is Lane's mastery of the rhythms of conversation between two people who already know what the other one will say. Brava!

Jennifer Lane's "To Fall in Love" is such a beautiful snapshot of the fallout of grief and trauma that it left me breathless. Based around a scientific claim that asking 36 leading questions and adding 4 minutes of eye contact can lead to love, Merryn and Wyatt use this strategy to fall back into love after an unspeakable personal tragedy. The genius part here is that Lane is patient with what is revealed, and the throb of grief underscores in such an intimate way that you bleed for these people and what they are suffering. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

A creative, subtle, and nuanced examination of grief and its shattering effects on a relationship. I was compelled throughout the entirety of this single, continuous scene and the circumstances were potent and realistic, and the way they unfolded organic. Lane writes with such sympathy and love for both characters, and also smartly threads humanity and warmth and comedy throughout the heartbreaking narrative. I'd love to see this piece--it's so engaging on the page and I can only imagine how much more so it would be performed live.