Innocent Thoughts Harmless Intentions

Restive from boredom and the numbing cold, the men, egged on by a sadistic corporal, turn on Johnson, a "misfit" whose sensitivity and original turn of mind set him apart from the others

As the taunting of Johnson progresses from high-spirited pranks to near cruelty, a second story is unfolded in a small playing area downstage

A young girl, hidden away as she waits out her illegitimate pregnancy, laments the abandonment and indifference of her family and friends

She is Johnson's mother, whose heart-rending plight is echoed and extended in the parallel action of the army scenes, and through the shocking fate which, sadly but inevitably, befalls her son

Produced by New York's renowned Circle Repertory Company

"As acting and as drama it is one of the few unequivocally good nights I have had in the theatre this season This is a play of style, compassion and thought" ~ NY Post