Relationships are never easy.  For the six women in Shadows, written and directed by Anthony M. Laura it is ever so.  Alas, we don’t really learn why.  The actresses do their best, but between the lackluster writing and near nonexistent direction, they have been abandoned to acting in a vacuum.   As a result the piece comes off as amateurish and at times unbearable, I’m sorry to say.

This play in two acts is really a tale of two plays, one which fails and the other which has possibilities.  Act One plays one note, over and over again.  However, as Act Two progresses, a storyline appears.  We finally arrive at the kernel of inspiration for this play.  How an author could bury the lede 3 hours in is beyond me.  Still, better late than never.