THE STORY: The place is Mansfield, Ohio, the time 1976—during the celebration of the nation’s bicentennial. As the play begins, a police radio reports the murders of the wife of a leading citizen and her lover, and a team headed by chief detective John Torski immediately swings into action. Suspicion, at first, centers on the victim’s husband, a ruthless local businessman named Bim Miller, a classmate and former friend of Torski’s—until he too is murdered. Thereafter the fascinating trail of clues leads, step by step, through a series of revealing interrogations which, in the end, piece together a chilling tale of hidden crime, festering guilt, alienation and eventual retribution—violently exacted by a tortured, long-lost son who has never forgiven—or forgotten—the sins of his unloving parents.
Set in a small midwestern city, this spellbinding, gripping play uses the investigation of a shocking double murder as a means to probe into the damaging truths heretofore hidden in the lives of some of the leading citizens.
“THE HARVESTING is the stage equivalent of a book you can’t put down: I couldn’t take my eyes off the stage…a tense, spine-tingling play.” —Gannett Newspapers.
“…fast-moving and steadily entertaining thriller…” —New York Daily News.
“…tense and meaningful…As the drama unfolds it becomes more and more engrossing…” —New York Post.
