Anxiety at the dinner table, democracy on the line — and nobody can agree on the pie.
A year after Sweet and Sad, the Apple Family again share a meal in Rhinebeck, NY, as they sort through personal and political feelings of loss and confusion on the morning of the day the country will choose the next president. Like the first two plays in this trilogy, Sweet and Sad and That Hopey Changey Thing, Sorry opens on the day that it is set, November 6, 2012: Election Day.
Acting
Ensemble chemistry so real you'll RSVP 'maybe' to your own family.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes passive aggression into poetry.
Direction
Live-theatre intimacy that refuses to let you look away.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Richard Nelson's Rhinebeck Panorama, performed live on each play's actual calendar date — the audience and characters shared the same anxious morning.
The trilogy spans Obama's first term; actors aged in real time with their characters across three election cycles.
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