Duncan does a wonderful job playing the dry-humored, and kind of pathetic, family scholar who leads Allman on in empty and desperate philosophical wanderings. Mary Allman, who plays Bob Allman's wife, gives us a humorous but sometimes sad wife who follows her husband and son through their every ordeal. She is the most truthful and heart-warming when paired up with her sisters, especially Esther, played by Emma Lee Carpenter. This play is about four sisters and their family, both by blood and marriage, and gives us the hilarious and horrible truths that hold families together. Sam Frankhouser has directed a good play here.
Audiences can expect to have their heartstrings pulled and tickled at the same time.