Director Jenny Wanasek has elicited superb natural performances from both men, finding accents and tones that create meaning and melody. Morris is the thinker. Zachariah is the laborer. They have set aside fractional sums to finance a distant dream that would bring them happily closer to nature-a farm. But she is white.
Racial issues emerge.
Fantasies and rituals inhabit their shabby cabin, too. They relive childhood and imagine incidents that didn't happen. And through much of the production, just hearing the speech adds an appeal that heightens the experience. The pacing perfectly matches their internal reflections and the difference in characters. Both actors wonderfully convey innocence and passion.