This clever and surprising piece is an excellent vehicle for two actors! King perfectly captures the inelegant rhythms and body language of the "striking up a conversation with a stranger" trope in the first few moments of the play, and then shows his hand by diving into a more nuanced interaction than one might have initially thought they were seeing. A unique play about the ways that seemingly unrelated events can serve as metaphors for a person's journey of grappling with and discovering their identity.

There's a surprising amount to unpack here. (wink, wink)

It's starts off with just the kind of odd awkward cluelessness regarding gay interpersonal hookup communication skills, so it felt like the playwright already knew too much about me (just as you, dear reader, now do).

As the play goes on, it becomes a melange of sexy, sweet, earnest and macabre that had me laughing out loud often and wincing occasionally. (At one point, the words "oh no!" involuntarily escaped me.) It's a joyous story of connection!

King has written a wonderfully endearing piece of theatre. IN THE SAUNA brings you into this room with these two men and envelops you with its subtle sultriness and unexpectedly pitch-perfect dark humor. Please give this a read...and tell me you won't think twice about the next UPS delivery man that comes to your door.