Things of Dry Hours May 5, 2007

'Things of Dry Hours' is tells the story of Tice Hogan, a Black, Bible-reading member of the Communist Party out of work in the Depression and his widowed daughter with a penchant for other people's mismatched shoes. When Corbin Teel, a White stranger on the run from the law, knocks on their door, an edgy standoff follows among three people guarding dangerous secrets. Naomi Wallace's eloquent, surprising play mixes an intoxicating blend of poetry, history, ideology and romance.