SPINNING
AN AMERICAN PREMIERE
May 25 – JuLY 3, 2016 written by Deirdre Kinahan directed by Joanie Schultz In a seaside town, the lives of single parents Conor and Susan collide with unimaginable consequences. What is truth? What is love? And what does it take to forgive the unforgivable?… Deidre Kinahan, playwright of the acclaimed Irish drama Moment, paints an unflinching portrait of a man struggling to adapt to a world spinning out of his control, and the lives he impacts on his descent.
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Spinning boasts the sure, sensitive hand of star director Joanie Schultz... Kingsley is the picture-perfect anguished mother... Meredith portrays unsure adolescent Annie with an authenticity that’s borderline chilling. Waller presents a stunning arc as a loving man gone out of control, and Kruse brings an intelligent humanity to Jen. Without a doubt, Spinning is a compelling, emotional parable” |
Director Joanie Schultz’s cast is terrific. She’s paced her drama with a growing sense of darkness, staged with economy and sincerity. This is a play to be savored… |
Waller delivers an impressive range… Kingsley pulls us into her despair so completely I get teary. The love between a parent and a child is this play’s emotional essence. |