Review: Faith Clashes with Family in the Superbly Acted “To She Who Waits”
To She Who Waits Written by Bob Clyman Directed by Maria Aladren Presented by The American Renaissance Theater Company at Theatre 54 244 W. 54th St., 12th floor, Manhattan, NYC May 23-June 8, 2019 Carol Todd and Lee Eden. Photo credit: Michele Becker Set primarily in Mccullough County, the geographical heart of Texas, 2018 Kaufman Award-winner Bob Clyman’s new play, To She Who Waits , has at its own heart a perceptively drawn and keenly affecting mother-daughter relationship. When we first meet Meg (Carol Todd), her 16 year-old daughter Hannah (Lee Eden) is angrily calling her a liar during a court-appointed visit. Meg has a limited time before the court system, along with Hannah herself, decides whether Hannah will be returned to her mother’s custody and move to Austin or will remain in the extremist Christian community called “The Realm” to which her father, Jack (Brian Homer), signed over legal guardianship of Hannah before he died. To She Who Wait...