Four friends, one weekend, zero impulse control — marriages don't break, they implode spectacularly.
A weekend in the country spins out of control when jealous wife Maureen (Heidi Armbruster) makes a reckless accusation about her husband Ian (Alan Smyth) and their old friend Ella (Katie Kreisler). Ella's husband Peter (Brian Dykstra) tries and fails to stop the domestic carnage in this fierce and funny story about the unexpected ease of betrayal and the fragility of marriage.
Acting
Armbruster's unraveling is a masterclass in controlled hysteria.
Writing
Rebeck's dialogue cuts like expensive kitchen knives.
Director
Theresa Rebeck
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Theresa Rebeck adapted her own play, and the theatrical DNA shows — this lives or dies on timing and spatial tension in confined spaces.
The 2016 release quietly anticipated the era's explosion of 'bad behavior' prestige dramas about wealthy white people self-destructing in pretty houses.
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