Blackbird opens with Una’s unexpected arrival at Ray’s workplace. Fifteen years earlier, Ray and Una had an illicit relationship. Then he disappeared. Today, she has tracked him down at his office, looking to settle their unfinished business. Her desire to confront him unleashes a torrent of unresolved emotions and, for those in the audience, stunning surprises.
“Four stars! This haunting, powerful, incendiary work is the sort of daring theater far too absent from our stages these days.” (New York Post)