Recommended by John Minigan

Directive 47 takes on increasingly complex and compelling questions of 'doctrine' versus 'belief,' confronting questions of how we reconcile things we believe to be true with what outside arbiters of truth tell us. Along the journey, Sisters Barbara, Elizabeth, and Catherine--and even the most seemingly rigid character, Bishop Williams--struggle in deep and revealing ways with not only their duties to an abstract faith when it conflicts with the very real challenges of those around them, but also with their relationships with one another and their own senses of self. A thought-provoking and fully engaging play.

This is a lovely, quiet and sensitive piece. We experience the deeply intertwined lives of a middle-aged man and a young woman whose connection in the past was life-changing, but whose growing connection over the several weeks of the play may be even more life-changing for both. Beautifully imagined picture of how the tragedies in life can bring us to new connections and understandings of "self" and of "other."

The clear, simple, staccato dialogue in this play is a perfect metaphor for the way even our most clever and adept attempts to frame and express our feelings do little to capture the depth of those feelings. These two characters struggle on their own and together to describe and codify "intimacy," sometimes convincing themselves they've succeeded and sometimes convincing themselves they've failed. Throughout the whole play, the depth of their heartbreak and longing are palpable and devastating. Lovely work!