The Effect by Lucy Prebble at Langhorne Players (Spring Garden Mill)

Penned by Emmy Award winner Lucy Prebble (HBO’s Succession), this intensely dark comedy follows two patients, Connie and Tristan, who are enrolled in a pharmaceutical trial testing a new wonder drug. As the two begin to feel a connection, they can’t tell if this attraction is truly a matter of the heart, or is it simply finding the right combination of brain chemicals? In this clinical romance, it’s hard to tell what is real and what is purely a symptom of better living through modern chemistry. Side effects may include moments of intense romantic tension, uproarious laughter, and rare cases of falling in love. “...a scintillating exploration of the clash between scientific advance and human impulse… it demonstrates the same vivid, provocative intelligence.” – Financial Times