Annie Bosh is Missing at Steppenwolf Theatre

ChicagoCritic - Somewhat Recommended

"...It isn’t clear what Annie is looking for. Act one sets up an interesting agenda but unfortunately the play fizzles in act two. Anne Bosh is Missing wonders adrift and ends up with a series of melodramatic resolutions. While it is fine not to tie up all lose ends in a play. a playwright must not leave major items unresolved or resolved in a preposterous or cliched manner. Without giving away too much,let me state that the promise of Anne Bosh is Missing let me down as it wondered to its unsatisfactory ending. This work need a refocus and a stronger second act. The subtext of racist creeps out in inappropriate way here. Since the story hinges on Anne, throwing in a racially violent scene seems a stretch. Also, we are left hanging as to the power and effects of Anne’s strangled-by- a -black -man fetish. Caroline Neff is terrific as Annie."