"Temple Tour Kyoto" embraces both the beauty and struggles of life. Two American men with different backgrounds and stories brought to the same moment in time allows this audience to reflect on the experience of life, spirituality, marriage, and parenthood.

"Temple Tour Kyoto" explores the raw fear of marriage hardships through the lens of an American tourist in Kyoto. Centering Mac, the tourist, and Allen, the tour guide, we zoom in on how 2 strangers come together and find comfort during a tour of the Daisen-in Temple. The play features some history of the Kyoto temples, Buddhism and Catholicism, grounding mechanisms, and 2 characters you will absolutely relate to in one way or another. Madden's writing will pull you in from the first page and never let you go.

In "Temple Tour Kyoto," Madden uses a gorgeous, rich setting as a vessel for intimacy between American tourist Mac and American tour guide Allen. Though comedic at times, it's a play that has Madden's signature energy shifts that leave the audience seeing Mac and Allen's innermost feelings and philosophies on love, life, and religion. It's a play that asks the audience to breathe alongside it.