Grandma had a black cloud over her head. Mom and dad died demented. Dad came back from the war changed. Bettie has two sisters. In the second act, director Heather Inglis slows the pace to what seems a long afternoon in the day ward.
People sit and stare at each other in silence.
She is not helped by Schmidt who doesn't seem to be too sure what his people are trying to say. At the end, the playwright submits the play, which he must have fashioned from thin air, and Bettie herself decides to become a writer. Streader, an intelligent actor, labours to make Bettie an appealing character. Both Golosky and Utas exhibit energy, presence and a sense of humour. Kattina Michele is effective as a young doctor who befriends Bettie.