Psychologically, she is rather attached to his abuse as she came from a most rough, dysfunctional childhood. Being with an abusive man in some way makes sense to her. Finally, she is able to find freedom as a man pulls out of the latest hotel and puts her in another hotel until the coast is clear.

When the play started I saw only one actress – so I thought, “oh, no it is another COVID production with only one actor doing a monologue.” Then above the woman’s head in captions it read that the actual transcript of the real woman was going to be presented AND that what our actress was going to do was to lip-sync the entire thing. I thought, “God help me. This is going to be a long night.” BUT was I wrong. Deirdre O’Connell was breathtaking in capturing each nuance of the recording. She captured every rustled breath, ever clink of bracelets, every cough and tapping on the chair. I thought this lip-synching was going to be a total gimmick, but all it did was put me more inside the monologue and really got me to listen and to visualize all that was happening.

This was a first rate theatrical experience. This would never work in the movies or on television. It was born to be placed in front of a live audience. This is what theatre should do!!!