““Who knew that William Inge, the writer best known for chronicling sexual repression in dusty prairie towns (“Picnic”, “Bus Stop”) had the kind of dark and bizarre sensibility that we most commonly associate with David Lynch? Inge’s later-career play about an unwed mother, her new boyfriend, and her fresh-from-reform-school son who moves in with them sank without much of a trace after its 1963 premiere. But in the hands of director John Mossman and a splendid ensemble at the tiny Artistic Home, it’s damn near revelatory.” ”

““John Mossman’s staging for the Artistic Home is as uncompromising as the script. Kathy Scambiatterra gives a devastating performance as the mother...” ”