Becky Nurse, played by the AMAZING Deidre O’Connell, is a tour guide at the Samuel Museum of Witchcraft for a short time – but her tendency to go off-script and spout actual historical truths gets her fired, addicted to pain pills and in love with a married bartender.  THEN, her grand-daughter begins to change for the worse as she flirts with a newfound boyfriend.  Here, Becky turns to a local “for hire” with.  The comedy just rolls away from this point.  The play is indeed thin.  It seems to be more of a star turn for Ms. O’Connell as she embodies the fighting spirit of an older woman who is not done yet – that rang true to the audience I was with.  

The play doesn’t leave you with much.  By the time the play reaches its conclusion, you are not left with much.  No real insight given.  Not many of the ideas will stick with you.  You could sense that Ruhl had much more that she wanted to say – political and social ideas that she wanted to drive home – but much of that fell flat on the floor.  What you get is one damn funny woman with a lot of funny situations for her to wrestle with – – and what more can you ask for on New Year’s Eve.