The cast of Second Thought’s ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning.’ (Courtesy photo) It has taken me a week to get to this write-up.
Processing Second Thought Theatre’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning has certainly taken me longer than expected. Plus, I was partly fearful to revisit Will Arbery’s play that centered on four young conservative Catholics with varying degrees of conviction.
The show is frightening with its heavily layered dialogue and ideology, but it is also beautifully and smartly written as well as perfectly acted and directed.
On paper, the play may be a hard sell – especially for this LGBTQ readership: Four white conservative and religious types debating their own satisfaction in their beliefs over two hours with no intermission?