I was privileged to be at Threshold Theatre to see “Crater” beautifully performed. Things are seldom what they seem and so it is with Crater - and so it is with love. Past imperfect, future unknown, Sickles knows how to toy with our heartstrings and make us laugh and gasp at the same time. But is is the heart of the matter - the crater - that exemplifies how suddenly love can make its mark. Will we witness it or skirt around it? A play about seeking the past as we look to the future.

Loved the fact that I was surprised at the start and right up until the end. Along the way, a lovely and moving examination of the human need for contact, connection and comfort. Add that to our ability to hope for reconciliation that may never come and it's quite the examination of the psyche. The journey continues and takes one into places we never thought we would visit. Yet here we are. A brilliant piece that should make a worthy addition to any festival that would have it.

"Crater" is a lovely postcoital moment with a rich backstory, a surprising reveal, and an apropos metaphor wrapped in a bittersweet package. But maybe there's hope?

Scott Sickles knows the past -- personal and terrestrial -- leaves a mark -- figurative and literal. Archie isn't ready to stop examining his past just yet, but maybe this dramatized moment will lead to him moving forward.