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Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Written by
Taylor Mac
Directed by Niegel Smith
Somewhere in the suburbs, Isaac has returned from the wars to help take care of his ailing father, only to discover a household in revolt. The insurgent: his mom. Liberated from an oppressive marriage, with Isaac’s newly out transgender sibling as her ally, she’s on a crusade to dismantle the patriarchy. But in Taylor Mac’s sly, subversive comedy, annihilating the past doesn’t always free you from it.
“A crackling production of a remarkable, audacious, uproarious black comedy with a daring combination of realism and madcap absurdity.”
— Charles Isherwood, The New York Times“A beautiful trinity of Nielsen’s pained and profound performance, Mac’s script, and Smith’s direction.”
— Hilton Als, The New Yorker
“Smart. Dark. Difficult. Deliberately disorienting. If you don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this spectacle, I suspect that’s how Taylor Mac likes it.”
— Jesse Green, New York magazine“**** Critic’s Pick. A dizzying theatrical tilt-a-whirl!”
— Adam Feldman, TimeOut New York