When Maddie is forced to seek the help of her long-estranged mother, she finds herself unable to shield her daughter Caroline from the inescapable circumstances that fractured their family. A world premiere play by PRESTON MAX ALLEN (WE ARE THE TIGERS), directed by Tony Award Winner DAVID CROMER (DEAD OUTLAW, GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK), CAROLINE is a luminous and intimate story about the possibility of redemption and the complex relationships between generations of mothers and daughters.
There’s so much to admire about Caroline and how it skillfully raises issues about whether we can truly make amends for our past mistakes — or rebuild our trust in those who have betrayed it. In the end, it’s the precocious title character who has the most insightful read on the situation. Sometimes it takes a child to lead us.
The play’s attention to honesty may be why it is particularly vulnerable to any elements that ring false, like a couple of Caroline lines that seem less rooted in her thinking than in the playwright’s desire for a laugh. More harmful is a late-arriving plot twist so severe that it’s as if Allen has wrested the wheel from his characters.
| 2025 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
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