By Michele Markarian

 

Ripe Frenzy – Written by Jennifer Barclay.  Directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary.  Co-Produced by Boston Center for American Performance and New Repertory Theatre, Boston University College of Fine Arts, Studio ONE, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA through March 11.

 

The arrival of Jennifer Barclay’s exceptional play Ripe Frenzy in Boston could not be timelier.  For anyone affected by America’s spate of school shootings, particularly in the wake of the recent one in Florida, Barclay intelligently and thoughtfully puzzles her way through some of our deepest thoughts and fears without being didactic. It’s a heartbreaking piece, alternately tense and tender, that offers no answers, which is oddly and honestly comforting.

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