This short play maintains great character development as we're granted a moment to step inside Bartleby's mind to share in the hope and anxiety that comes from seeing someone after a long break. Lovely!

He may not have changed but she has in his eyes = a lovely ending.

With her short and powerful piece BARTLEBY & BESS, Elisabeth Giffin Speckman does a fine job showing a terror of ordinary living - meeting up with a special someone you haven't seen in over a year, wondering how things stand between you. Bartleby's obsessive attention to detail brings out the palpable tension and this contrasts wonderfully with Bess's relaxed, breezy manner. So much is implied and not directly answered, this piece leaves you dumbstruck with the possibilities. I'm still thinking about the crossword puzzle on the plane the person ahead of Bartleby did wrongly and with a pen!!