Hir

Belvoir Street Theatre

A marine (Isaac), dishonourably discharged, returns to his family home to find his sister transitioning to a male (Max), his mother (Paige) engaged in a life of free thought and his father (Arnold) in an apparent catatonic state following a stroke.

Hir is Max's personal pronoun of choice, happily embraced by Paige who is steering the family chaotically into new directions much to Isaac's dismay.

Taylor Mac's play contains an hilarious first act followed by a short and increasingly dark second act which is revelatory about the family's history and personal relationships.

The cast of four brilliantly captures the chaos and the turmoil of the personalities.

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