About a third of the way into her narration of recent tumultuous events in her life, the title (and only) character in the play "Ciara" recalls the incantation her recently deceased mob-boss father used to recite to her late at night, to shield her from what he did for a living: "'I'm taking your eyes,'" he'd say, "'and keeping them safe. I'm taking your ears and keeping them safe.'"
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM on February 2, 2016