The Clearing
Theatre at St. Clements, Off Broadway By Jack Smart BOTTOM LINE: A tense but unsatisfying exploration of childhood trauma and the bonds of brotherhood. The Clearing, a new play by Jerome Fellowship recipient Jake Jeppson, falls in line with the kinds of 20th-century American family dramas that enjoy dragging skeletons out of closets. Its story centers on a terrible secret kept by two brothers, Les and Chris …