Overview

The hit of the 1989 Yale Repertory Winterfest, this deeply moving drama was produced Off Broadway at the WPA Theatre. The story is about friendship and about dying. It centers on the relationship between Ellis, a film maker whose career is just beginning to take off when she learns she has terminal cancer, and her best friend Lynne. Lynne puts her own life and career on hold to care for Ellis, as she struggles valiantly to accept the inevitable reality of her death and to die with dignity. Fans of Ms. Commire's other fine plays Shay and Put Them All Together know what to expect from an author who isn't afraid to write out and out drama.