The Pain & the Itch
Presented by Company One | March 13 – April 4, 2009
With a young daughter in serious need of attention and a ravenous creature possibly prowling the upstairs bedrooms, what begins as an average Thanksgiving for one privileged family unravels into an exposé of disastrous choices and less-than-altruistic motives. A play by Bruce Norris.
Reviews & Press
Company One presents Bruce Norris's THE PAIN AND THE ITCH, March 13 - April 4 at the Boston Center for the Arts. Visit http://companyone.org/ for tickets and more info. With a young daughter in serious need of attention and a ravenous creature possibly prowling the upstairs bedrooms, what begins as an average Thanksgiving for one privileged family unravels into an exposé of disastrous choices and less-than-altruistic motives.
"A great evening of theatre and I challenge you to keep your jaw from dropping." — BroadwayWorld.com
"Sharp...merrily dark satire." — The Boston Globe
"Darkly funny...wallop of a play...sharp, funny dialogue."
— The Boston Herald
"Skillfully crafted and SCATHINGLY FUNNY" — Boston Phoenix