![]() In one way or another, each is in despair. For this play is a ninety-minute jigsaw puzzle whose pieces, seemingly unrelated, gradually come together and by the end, the picture is in focus and complete … All these people, then, are in midst of making decisions about their lives, present and future. Perhaps, for some, the theater is never supposed to be difficult, but for those whose attention can hold under such challenging conditions, the reward is considerable. It is also very much a poem in dramatic form, a poem that baffles at first, and strains the mind. ![]() The play, too, by the time it is through, is an ode to hope. “The title of Frank Pugliese’s difficult but rewarding new play, ‘HOPE’ IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, is taken from an Emily Dickinson poem. ![]()
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