On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
Two hours of knife-wielding and shrieking later, nothing significant or profound is gleaned...
– Aaron Hillis,
Time Out New York,
28 Jul 2010
fresh:
In roles that could have devolved into arias of melodrama, the cast never overplays its hand, fighting the omnipresent melancholy in small ways rather than large.