Brunstetter overloads the issue in the play by making Jen have doubts about being in love with a woman against her parents' religious teachings, even though she cannot imagine life without the caring, compassionate, uninhibited Macy. Additionally, when Della quotes the Bible to Macy, Macy retaliates by pointing out that as a childless woman Della has not fulfilled her religious duty as a wife. The plot then goes in a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:42PM on March 17, 2019