In the most compelling scene in Caridad Svich's disappointing new play "Spark," a troubled female soldier named Lexie, recently returned home from a combat posting, finds herself speaking to a mysterious " and possibly mystical " older veteran named Vaughn. Discussing the difficulty of coping with traumatic wartime memories, Vaughn imagines a process of praying to a set of gods for help. He observes that the gods wou…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:51AM on September 12, 2014