Boxed In @ Old Red Lion Theatre

'Let me make this crystal clear. If I had the choice between scooping out one of my eyeballs with this spoon and spending even one more hour in here with you, I'd already be watching myself having this conversation.' 

In the wake of crushing grief, A is forced to confront her most intrusive thoughts as she tries to figure out where her life went wrong. Grappling with heartbreak, a terrible job and uncertainty over her future, it soon becomes clear that the real enemy is coming from within. For sharing her dismal quarters is a simple wooden box, whose unassuming appearance conceals its sinister intent: to make her life a living Hell. Tactician, entertainer, and inspired magician, the Box's slippery and relentless insistence that there is no hope for her voices her most painful limiting beliefs. Can she find a way to silence it, or must she learn to live with what it has to say? In a world where mental health is often reduced to social media soundbites, Boxed In offers a rich, funny and surreal exploration of the thoughts that keep us from moving on with our lives.

Deftly interweaving wry irreverence with heart-rending emotion, the play lifts the lid on our unconscious internal dialogues and shows how, through honesty and courage, we can rise from the ashes anew.