Moonbox’ “The Mermaid Hour” is an Emotional Roller Coaster

Monica Risi, Phil Tayler, Brenny O’Brien in Moonbox Productions’ ‘Mermaid Hour’
Photo Credits: Molly Shoemaker

By Michele Markarian

“The Mermaid Hour” by David Valdes. Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary. Presented by Moonbox Productions, One Arrow Street, Cambridge, through May 19.

There’s a lot to unpack in David Valdes’s The Mermaid Hour, which deals with a trans child, her parents, her peers, and their parents, as well as marriage, the internet, and childrearing in general.  If you happen to be a parent witnessing this production, it’s a pretty rocky ride indeed.

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