While the legal facts are clear (Ray committed statutory rape), the play blurs the emotional lines of power. In the past, Ray held the power of an adult. In the present, Una holds the power of knowledge and the threat of exposure. The dialogue reveals that Una, at age 12, may have exercised a form of childish manipulation, and Ray may have been emotionally stunted, lacking the maturity to refuse her.
The play is a relentless 90-minute "two-hander" that takes place in the breakroom of a nondescript office. The action begins when , a 27-year-old woman, unexpectedly confronts Ray , a 55-year-old man, at his workplace. blackbird david harrower
It is not a play you enjoy. It is a play you survive—and you are better, and more thoughtful, for the experience. While the legal facts are clear (Ray committed