Peter Mercurio’s Hatch is an uncomfortable play. It asks uncomfortable questions and puts its audience in the position of recognizing the consequences of firmly held beliefs. Dying with dignity gets a lot of press on the larger morality of the question. But, there is also a deeply personal conflict that lies at the surface of any decision regarding the life of a loved one. It’s beauty comes from it’s unflinching portrait of a family in the midst of discovery and recognition. It is anagnorisis on a family level–complex and beautiful as it is terrifying.
Peter Mercurio’s Hatch is an uncomfortable play. It asks uncomfortable questions and puts its audience in the position of recognizing the consequences of firmly held beliefs. Dying with dignity gets a lot of press on the larger morality of the question. But, there is also a deeply personal conflict that lies at the surface of any decision regarding the life of a loved one. It’s beauty comes from it’s unflinching portrait of a family in the midst of discovery and recognition. It is anagnorisis on a family level–complex and beautiful as it is terrifying.