Bethany

“Without stepping over the line into moralizing—or editorializing—Ms. Marks’s disturbing, incisive drama suggests that the bruising exigencies of our depressed economy are scraping away at the surface civilities of American life, making it harder for people to heed their moral compasses.” —Charles Isherwood, New York Times

“Impressively, the playwright, Laura Marks, has managed to wrench something almost Greek out of yesterday’s headlines and, with a supremely balanced sense of storytelling and an economic gift for language, announces herself here as a real talent to watch.”  —New Yorker

“In Hebrew, the word ‘Bethany’ means ‘house of misery’ or ‘poor house.’ But don’t let the etymology fool you. There are dramatic riches here.” —Village Voice

“A brisk Hobbesian thriller.” —New York magazine