This play by Ruby Thomas came as a bit of a shock to some of the senior citizens sitting behind me. The action seemed to be considering the merits of open relationships - hetero and homo - versus settling down to commitment. This is done by a slick interleafing of characters in dyad conversations - e.g., a man is speaking to a woman; and then picking up the same thread with a man. We seem to be heading down the road to commitment but then the play ends with one of the characters recounting how her father was revealed to have had not one but two mistresses before a stroke felled him.
It was interesting to watch and very slickly done with excellent timing by the six actors. The set was also excellent and symbolic - a white triangle receding in front of us with three doors on either side.
Some of the detail and indeed action (simulated just off-stage blow job) was quite graphic and, in truth I'm not entirely sure it got us anywhere. However, it was an engaging 75 or so minutes.
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