And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little

But time has erased the tender closeness of girlhood; one sister has married and cut herself off; another has begun to drink more than she should; and the third, after a scandalous incident at the school where she teaches, is on the brink of madness

When the married sister comes to dinner to press the need for committing her sibling to an institution, the simmering resentments of many years burst alive and are exacerbated by the intrusion of a well-meaning but boorish neighbor couple, whose unexpected arrival impels the action towards its shattering conclusion - in which all the pathos, humor and searing honesty of the play combine with overwhelming effect.

A brilliant Broadway success, this biting, touching and often wildly funny play probes deeply into the tortured relationship of three sisters whose lives have reached a point of crisis

"In Paul Zindel we seem to have that rarity - a playwright who can write intelligent sensitive, entertaining plays for a wide public" ~ Newsweek

"It is funny and fierce and, well, absolutely extraordinary" ~ Boston Globe

" he has created three parts that most actresses would trade their souls to play" ~ Hollywood Reporter