[0:00] [Music] [0:08] rabbit hole is a play about grief it is [0:12] following this family including Becca [0:15] and her husband Howie as they grieve the [0:18] loss of their four-year-old son so Dany [0:20] is the young son who accidentally was [0:23] hit by a car 8 months previous they [0:26] navigate the relation their relationship [0:28] and the relationship with their family [0:30] members and the aftermath of picking the [0:34] picking up the pieces of their life [0:36] trying to find a way forward through [0:40] this absolutely horrible staggering loss [0:44] in their lives and trying to figure out [0:46] where this family stands as they [0:49] encounter New Joys and new struggles and [0:53] challenges Becca is a very loving caring [0:57] mother supportive wife and loved being a [1:00] mom loved her husband loved her life [1:03] until the tragic event we're not going [1:05] to wake up one day just be back where we [1:06] used to be I know that so we have to [1:09] head in that direction Becca's emotional [1:11] journey through this play is really [1:14] challenging because for a lot of it she [1:17] is feeling completely overwhelmed as [1:21] though she will never escape this pit of [1:23] grief she now is just a shell of herself [1:26] how do I navigate a relationship with [1:30] this husband of mine and this family [1:32] members that all seem to be doing okay [1:35] for the most part and I'm stuck Izzy is [1:40] the sister of Becca she's very Carefree [1:43] kind of does her own leads her own path [1:46] she definitely is the wild one the one [1:49] who loves to party loves to have random [1:53] jobs she gets fired often just because [1:55] she has such a bad mouth and she kind of [1:57] is a free spirit you hit her yeah right [1:59] in the face boom she went down she finds [2:02] out that she's pregnant and is having to [2:05] face her own bit of crisis of well how [2:07] do I reconcile the way that I've been [2:10] living with being a mother it's [2:13] definitely hard for her to tell Becca [2:15] because of Dany and what happened to him [2:18] Becca wants to be happy for her sister [2:20] she also feels very conflicted because [2:23] she feels that Izzy didn't earn it there [2:27] actually is quite quite a few moment [2:30] of of humor and you see like even [2:34] between Becka and hoe some of their [2:36] jokey nature to each other um their [2:38] tender moments with each other they're [2:40] not constantly fighting they do love [2:42] each other and you see that even with [2:44] Izzy Izzy's kind of the levity of the [2:46] whole show she's got some of the most [2:48] funny lines I think a lot of it has to [2:51] do with how Izzy copes with [2:53] uncomfortable situations if she senses [2:56] tension in the room she has to [2:57] immediately relieve it by saying [2:58] something stupid I think I really hope [3:00] that audiences come to see a very [3:03] beautifully written show with amazing [3:06] actors the people I've cast are bringing [3:08] these characters to life I hope that [3:10] they get a chance to examine grief in a [3:12] real in a real way without having to [3:14] necessarily have it pressed on them [3:16] within their family even in the darkest [3:20] times when you feel like the grief or [3:23] the pressure or the weight of the world [3:25] is just too much to bear there is hope [3:29] please come out and see expression [3:31] theater's production of rabbit hole we [3:34] open April 4th through the 13th we would [3:36] love to see you there and you know what [3:38] they don't tell you it hurts to punch [3:41] someone it freaking hurts well yeah they [3:44] don't tell you that on TV