The director's work is remarkable but perhaps it is his familiarity with this actor that allows such communication to hold onto the character they have jointly created.
Covering three days and nights, the play needs to keep its audience off-balance, and the director and actors do that without artifice and it makes a lot of sense.
New plays are a wonder to behold and this one is almost as good as the movie at its core. This excellent new play is a comedy that tugs at the mind's heart more than at the heart's mind.