Kathleen Tolan

Here is Anna Grace's review of the Lord Leebrick Theatre's production of Memory House. As usual, the review will pub in this week's paper. Photo of Katia (lying down, Miranda Schmidt) and Maggie (Kim Donahey) courtesy Lord Leebrick Theatre.

Troubled Waters
Can baking and writing transform one freighted night?
By Anna Grace

Memory House is a study in the frustration of writing, remembering, dealing with relationships — and making blueberry pie.

This complex play, now running at the Lord Leebrick Theatre, is about a mother and the daughter she adopted from Russia. Katia (Miranda Schmidt) must finish her college application essay and have it postmarked by midnight on this New Year’s Eve if she is to stand a chance at getting into her first choice school. Maggie (Kim Donahey) must confront her own disappointing past in an effort to help her daughter discover memories of her own.

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