Philip's 6th show in the series bends the concept of reality and in doing so once again shows that Dan and Clyde aren't done conversing yet. The beautiful discoveries, memories, and story knows no bounds. Yet throughout this very real feeling show, Philip has cleverly put in a moment of dread that hangs throughout (the bottle). While the dialogue continues forward, as an audience member.

The poetic ending leaves comfortable in knowing the full intention of the Dan's spiritual moment with his father.

A lovely short piece about grief. Getting to have that conversation we all long for and rarely have with our parents is played out here to sweet effect. Also, lovely to see sobriety and queerness woven in without fuss, just as part of a greater narrative in a father/son relationship.

A charm-your-socks-off short play about a father and son reckoning. I'LL BE THERE is as deep as it is clever and makes the most of its woodsy location. The insights that Philip Middleton Williams reaps are the kind that come with time. I love the central metaphor, how a favorite bird-watching spot in the forest draws Dan to the spirit of his father Clyde. The talk between the living and the lived is just right and the sacred hole of their communion is perfectly placed as the past gets put to rest and put to sweet rumination.