Mercy on the Doorstep
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 23, 2006
Closed Apr 14, 2006

Playing at
The Flea Theater

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The Flea presents the New York premiere of Mercy on the Doorstep, a new drama by Gip Hoppe. Coming off a successful run at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater in Cape Cod, this dark comedy earned raves from the Boston Globe and the Cape Cod Times. Flea Artistic Director Jim Simpson directs.

The play tells the story of Corrine and Rena, an alcoholic widow and her born-again, right-wing stepdaughter. This mismatched pair must learn to co-exist in the house that Corrine's husband left behind. It is a story about hope, redemption, and the ability for even the most disparate of philosophies to find a common ground.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

The Flea Theater
41 White St
New York, NY 10013

The Flea Theatre is home of the Bat Theater Company.

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

"Stop drinking and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior." These are the two conditions set for Corinne by her stepdaughter, Rena, and Rena's preacher husband, Mark, in order for Corinne to continue living in her own home. (Rena's father had willed the house to his daughter on his deathbed.) Gip Hoppe's Mercy on the Doorstep throws these three characters together, and they attempt to influence one another's behaviors -- sometimes for the better, sometimes not. The play is often predictable and melodramatic, but it does have moments of poignancy.

At times, it seems like a variation on Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, substituting alcoholism and religion for slovenliness and cleanliness. Po[...]

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Reviewed by Dan Bacalzo on Mar 25, 2006