Ustinov, Bath
Donald Margulies’ exploration of a couple living with the lingering trauma of the Holocaust is profoundly touching
Max and Lola reckon they deserve a nice retirement. Both survived the Holocaust – Max hid in woodlands and Lola was in Bergen-Belsen. They’ve made good in New York, even if Max wonders whether selling sportswear in Flatbush constitutes a meaningful life.
Now the couple have bought a condo in sunny Florida. But the apartment they purchased is late on construction, forcing them to spend their first night in the apartment block’s showroom. Worse, their troubled daughter Debby has followed them from Brooklyn. Can Max and Lola run away from the dependent adult that their own trauma has irreparably wrecked?
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