A daring, star-studded cast explores hot-button issues of life and death in
this riveting new tour-de-force, featuring Laurie Metcalf (Desperate
Housewives, Roseanne), JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist, The Big Chill), Steven
Culp (A.C.T.'s Blackbird), and two-time OBIE Award winner Dennis Boutsikaris.
When a religious Midwestern couple, Bill and Dinah, visit free-spirited cousin
Jeannette and her husband, Neil, in their Northern California home, both
couples confront loss and survival in the face of explosive circumstance.
An unforgettable, brave work of heart and humor by Emmy Award–winning
playwright-director Jane Anderson, The Quality of Life was nominated for four
2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and six 2008 LA Stage Alliance
Ovation Awards.
"Tremendous! It entertains, amuses, compels, makes the audience think, feel,
laugh, weep. That is theater." —San Francisco Examiner
"A magnetic work of theater. Very funny . . . astounding performances!" —San Francisco Chronicle
"Thoroughly captivating. Beautifully directed . . . wonderfully engaging
characters" —Contra Costa Times
"Anderson is blessed with an amazing, adventurous cast, willing to slide off
slippery emotional slopes and round dangerous curves to get to the truth." —Theatermania.com
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