The Thin Place
Oct 26, 2023 to Oct 28, 2023
7:15 pm
| Everyone who ever died is still here, just in a different part of here. |
| The Thin Place is the story of two women, Hilda and Linda. Linda, through her work as a professional medium communicates with those who have passed and offers the people who come to her readings a sense of peace, closure, and meaning. Originally from rural England, she’s reestablished herself in the U.S.—birthplace of spiritualism—where she has continued to build a career out of her gift. Hilda, a keen listener and observer who’s grappling with loss, takes a great interest in Linda’s abilities. She befriends the veteran medium, seeking answers that lie across the fragile boundary between our world and the other one. Hnath’s play bristles with disquieting suggestion, probing the most timeless questions about reality, the impressionability of the mind, and the omnipresence of death as we float through life. Ever gifted at taking the pulse of the world around him, Hnath matches these universals with a timely resonance, distilling collective feelings of national chaos—and our political and spiritual vulnerabilities therein—to a chillingly personal scale. |