My overall impression
Paul Hoan Zeidler, Glennie & Maple’s writer/director, has found the immense power of those silently charged moments in any relationship that, depending on what’s said or not said, done or not done next will change lives forever. While many plays explore the dynamics of dysfunctional love, this one, fully inhabited by Charles Pacello and Etienne Eckert as Maple and Glennie, navigates turbulent emotional waters I for one have never seen so fully examined on stage. I’ve been a fan of Zeidler’s past work, and this is one of his best. And for anyone who’s ever had the pleasure of seeing Pacello and Eckert on stage at the Elephant or with SpyAnts or at Stella Adler, they once more bring a rich, palpable, and often humorous humanity to their work here.
