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In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the crimes they committed. A man shows up to confront his childhood abuser—but does he want closure or retribution? This gripping and provocative new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris zeroes in on the limits of our compassion as it questions what happens when society deems anyone beyond forgiveness.
ANDY — 40s, white, professional.
EM — 40s, same as ANDY.
FRED — 70s, white, glasses, motorized wheelchair, childlike, not unlike Fred Rogers.
DEE — Pushing 60, Black, thin, languid.
GIO — 30s, Black, muscular, clean-cut, ambitious, voluble.
FELIX — 40s, Latino, heavyset, solitary, silent.
IVY — 40s-50s, Black or Latina. Probation officer, overworked, weary.
EFFIE — Late teens/early 20s. Any ethnicity. Hyperactive. Too much eye makeup.
COPS — (non-speaking) Two male, one female, to be played by understudies.
Setting
A group home for sex offenders, downstate Illinois: a single-story house, built in the 1950s or 60s, now deteriorated. Superficial attempts have been made to make the place livable but they fail to relieve the general dreariness of the place.
Time
The present.
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