A Woman Without a Name

The last to enter is the Woman, who carries a ledger (her journal) from which she starts to read. It is quickly evident that the journal is not only a record of the Woman's daily life, but also a measure of her intellectual and emotional growth as she copes with the trials and tribulations with which she and her family are beset

As her story unfolds, the various characters involved in each episode leave their chairs and enter the action, while the others watch in silence. The Woman is sorely tried as she loses one daughter to a bungled abortion, another to a brain tumor and a son to TB

But, despite all, she manages to grow in learning and strength of character; to deal with her husband's descent into alcoholism; to forgive the young doctor whose clumsiness caused her daughter's death; and to accept the malevolence of her surviving son, who holds her responsible for the tragedies which the family has suffered

In the end the play is a study in compassion, determination and the indomitability of the human spirit-soaringly depicted through the character of a simple, unschooled woman who, in coming to terms with herself, and her life, was able to achieve a freedom and sense of being that her "betters" would never know

A lyrical, moving and deeply felt study of a simple, God-fearing woman who surmounts a life beset by tragedy and disappointment to find self-recognition and fulfillment

Based on the author's novel, Slowly, by thy Hand Unfurled, and first produced by the Denver Center Theatre Company, the play combines starkly simple staging and choreographical movement to achieve its stunning impact

" it's an exquisite piece of playwrighting-streets ahead of the average stuff you see around town" ~ NY Post