This chilling, lyrical play would be fascinating to see. A production with a good sound designer and movement choreographer could bring this script to life as a vivid, mesmerizing nightmare.

Partain absolutely chills in this page-turner. With the sensibility of a tale by Poe, she weaves themes of loneliness, obsession with death, and madness, into a dark and gripping one act. I’ve climbed several lighthouse towers all along the east coast... after reading this play, I’ll never be able to scale the steps of another without thinking of Griffith and Howell. Terrifying.

In this ghostly and vivid script, Partain manages to bridge the gap between Sailor lore, mythology, and the stark reality of a nautical life. The immersive writing places the audience alongside the lonely scene at the edge of the known world. Characters are robust, and the cast is rounded out by a fascinating female lead. This feels like a play from another place and another era. Those who attend theater to see a world they’ve never seen before would relish this play.