May the Lord Take a Liken To You, North By South Theatre Los Angeles, Glendale, CA

A mining accident: a methane buildup (the monitors had been turned off), a spark (an unfixed problem) and an explosion (29 men dead, 24 bodies recovered). Jeremiah Munsey's May the Lord Take a Liken To You, directed by Julie Ouellette for North By South Theatre Los Angeles, tells the story of the widows of the five men whose bodies and souls remain in the cave. Powerful and poignant, acted like uncoiling springs, the production deals with matters spiritual in complex, ambiguous ways. It poses a ...