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For Reasons That Remain Unclear
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For Reasons That Remain Unclear
Kings Head Theatre
★★★
A CHANCE encounter between two North Americans on the streets of Rome ends in confrontation and confession in Matt Crowley’s For Reasons That Remain Unclear, which gets its European premiere at the King’s Head, headlining their Queer Season.
Conrad and Patrick seem to be strangers whose chance encounter has turned into an afternoon and evening of drinking, eating, flirting and teasing, but, as their time together unfolds, it becomes clear that, in fact, they share a deeply traumatic historical connection.
Crowley is best known for 1984’s The Boys in the Band and he pulls no punches in the portrayal of religion and child abuse in his equally challenging follow-up play.
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