Ghosts in the Cottonwoods

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In one of the more harrowing moments of the Amoralists' production of Adam Rapp's Ghosts in the Cottonwoods at Theatre 80 -- and there are many -- a woman is brutally raped by a desperate man who finishes the deed, then wraps himself in her limp arms. This sort of agonizing violence and an inconsolable longing for affection have cropped up repeatedly in the Obie-winning author's canon since he first penned this work nearly 15 years ago. And like many of his plays, this one is a furious assault on the senses -- in the most cathartic way possible.

As in other Rapp works, there is a mother-son relationship with questionable boundaries and plenty of high-octane encounters in confined quarters. [...]