The Tin Woman, Showtimers
Showtimers Community Theater May 7-17, Thursday through Saturday 7:30 pm, Sunday Matinee 2pm What a perfectly lovely experience. I literally both laughed and cried. If you are wondering whether you should go see this play, I will give you the TL;DR: yes. Yes you should. I was not familiar with this script, written by Sean Grennan in 2014. It traces the story of a woman (Joy) who's received a heart transplant; the family of the donor (Jack) who are grieving the loss of their son; and how their lives eventually intertwine. The script itself is very good. It is very funny and very touching. It touches on issues from depression to grief to survivor guilt to the meaning of life itself. It gives us reasons for living without being saccharine or explicitly spiritual. And did I mention it's funny? It's very funny. There are a few loose ends - there's this tree symbolism near the beginning that seems not to really come back; the "vivacious friend" character (Darla) has...