Blessing's 'Two Rooms' Replaces 'After Ashley'

SYNOPSIS. The play illuminates both the numbing agony of one man taken hostage by political terrorists and also the helpless fury of those who are left behind—a loved one impatient for something to be done, and officials who feel they must be guided by logic rather than emotion. Written in 1988, Two Rooms serves to remind us of our past and gives us pause to consider our present and what the future may hold, including the sense of futility and despair that comes when people of goodwill realize that logic, compassion and fairness have become meaningless when dealing with those who would commit such barbarous acts so willingly.
"…the playwright's eye is penetrating…[Mr. Blessing] reaffirms his authority with timely political questions" —NY Times
"…although Blessing wrote "Two Rooms" in the late 1980s, the current war in Iraq -- and particularly its hostage-takings -- gives the drama a live-wire shock of topicality… it reminds you that theater, when it's good, can make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck" —Washington Post

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