EARTH AND SKY, Circle Theatre, and MURDER IN GREEN MEADOWS, Attic Playhouse. Most murder mysteries are just an excuse to look into the heads of the story’s characters. In the “poetic thriller” Earth and Sky, Chicago playwright Douglas Post focuses on a young librarian, Sara, who suddenly finds herself searching the underworld for the truth about her recently murdered boyfriend. Part of us wants to know whether the police are right when they claim this apparently likable man was dirtier than a Chicago alderman. But we care more about Sara and the changes she goes through. A combination of scenes in the present and flashbacks to various moments in Sara’s courtship with the deceased–the story is told entirely from her point of view–Post’s play is a beautiful, evocative work that can be read either as a noirish thriller or as a journey through Sara’s soul.
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–Jack Helbig
