The Mystery of Love and Sex

Written by: Bathsheba Doran
Directed by: Barry Austin

Deep in the American South, Charlotte and Jonny have been best friends since they were nine. She’s Jewish, he’s Christian, he’s black, she’s white. Their differences intensify their connection until sexual desire complicates everything in surprising, compulsive ways. An unexpected love story about where souls meet and the consequences of growing up.

Charlotte……………Laura Elton Towns
Jonny………………..Russell Alexander II
Lucinda……………..Beth Kitchin
Howard……………..Judd McCluney
Howard’s father…..George “Buddy” Cannon

“Perfectly wonderful! Among the season’s finest plays. It is tender, funny, packed with humanity and brimming with surprising revelations. Bathsheba Doran has written a play with such compassion and wry wisdom that I emerged from the theater into yet another frigid day feeling warmed from within.”
– The New York Times