Prayer for My Enemy

It’s a hell of a night for the Noones — father Austin’s watching his nature shows and trying to keep from falling off the wagon, mother Karen’s keeping an eye on Austin, son Billy’s just back from Iraq, and pregnant daughter Marianne’s upset about the state of her marriage to Tad, Billy’s childhood friend who may still harbor a crush on him. With the Red Sox battling the Yankees for the 2004 AL title, an American family’s long-held secrets are dragged to the fore in what may be its final reckoning.

Prayer for My Enemy, by Craig Lucas, is a paean to our age, a keenly-layered drama about the preciousness of life and the grace to share common ground – even with those we love the least. Bartlett Sher directs.