The Penitent, David Mamet’s latest play, is about the ethical dilemmas facing a psychiatrist whose patient has gone on a killing spree. At least that’s what it seems to be about, but audiences might well identify with the psychiatrist’s wife when she says to him: “You must be holding something back. Or else I’m stupid.”

…Mamet takes on big questions, probing the obligations, contradictions and distinctions between moral, religious and professional codes of conduct…. At the same time, Mamet has structured The Penitent so that information is parceled out in stingy pieces [which] winds up undercutting his thematic explorations.

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Rebecca Pidgeon and Chris Bauer

Rebecca Pidgeon and Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer and , Lawrence Gilliard Jr

Chris Bauer

is Bauer and , Lawrence Gilliard Jr

Jordan Lage and Chris Bauer

Chris Bauer and Rebecca Pidgeon