ABSOLUTION

by Robert William Sherwood
directed by Scott Zigler

March 29 - April 14, 2002
A.R.T. New Stages at the Hasty Pudding Theatre

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Fifteen years ago, three high school friends committed a heinous crime in a drunken haze. Having learned to conceal their involvement, they go their separate ways - Gordon to the business world, Peter to farming, and David to academia. After several years spent teaching, David, terminally disconnected from the world around him, has settled into a nondescript life as a newspaper proofreader. But even that life is shattered when he receives a call from the past that summons him back to Vancouver. Peter, wracked by guilt, has decided that the three must seek forgiveness and confess their crime, and Gordon calls upon David to help him change Peter's mind. After a journey across Canada to his boyhood home, David finds that everything has changed, and his last chance to reconnect with his life - with his past - is slipping through his fingers. A tautly plotted thriller from a brilliant young writer, Absolution is a gripping meditation on retribution and revenge.

Gordon	... Jordan Lage
David	... Brennan Brown		set design	... Christine Jones
Peter	... Benjamin Evett		costume design	... Karen Eister
Lorraine	... Peggy Trecker		lighting design	... John Ambrosone
Anne	... Sarah Howe		sound design	... David Remedios

Runing time is approximately ninety minutes with no intermission.

• Boston Phoenix - Doomed Liaisons: Absolution grips, Aida doesn't - by Carolyn Clay
• Boston Phoenix - Savoir Noir: Robert William Sherwood on Absolution - by Sally Cragin
• A.R.T. News - The Gulf of Words: A Conversation with Robert William Sherwood - by Kyle Brenton