←Recommendations of the stranger

What really stands out in this play is the breadth and scope Walsh conveys just by letting the characters exist in the space. They each have such unique voices and the unsaid hangs in the air with every exchange.

A beautiful play about people trying and failing to connect with one another across time and family. "The Stranger" stages a moving meditation on loneliness and grief through its dynamic cast of characters (actors will love)!

A heartfelt play about people trying to find their place in this world. I adored the final scene.

Sam Walsh is your new favorite playwright you just haven't read yet.
the stranger is a lovely, thoughtful play that wears its heart entirely on its sleeve. Walsh takes the unique tactic of literally revolving her whole play around a quiet man who is uncomfortable with showing emotions. In her capable hands, both Roy and the people surrounding him are three-dimensional, fully realized real people who just happened to wander onstage.
She also is a theatrical magician, deftly managing scene changes in ways that would make even the most grizzled, world-weary stage technicians jolt anew with revived spark and wonder.