A subtle piece that lends two gender minority characters over 40 a stunning amount of interiority. The dialogue is natural, halting when it needs to be - but the honesty lives in the crevices between the words, making the subtext the star. I love how the form (a road trip) so naturally contains the action, as we drift from memory to memory during the drive, the past blending seamlessly with the present. It has the kind of surprising-but-inevitable emotional reversal I love. Really lovely!

A moving, nuanced portrait of family, identity, and missed/found opportunities. The dialogue is amazing--organic and fast paced--and while Lily and Terri are the nucleus of the play, Tess and Ruth jump off the page as well. The road trip is a perfect context in which to theatricalize the memories--it feels as if the scenes from the past emerge naturally from Terri and Lily drifting off in focus during the drive. That said, the clear focus and arc between those two anchors the piece beautifully.

Gina Femia’s razor-sharp dialogue, unapologetic queerness, and messily true characterizations are on full display here. Femia’s play takes the tropes of the “coming out play” and complicates it, portraying two protagonists who aren’t able to be completely honest with one another. So much is left unspoken, which makes the play brim with subtext. Highly recommended!