“This compelling revival of ‘Agnes of God’ is part whodunit and part psychological thriller, with a dash of philosophical discourse that never detracts from the painful human drama at its center,” writes Emily McClanathan.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Soleil Pérez, Jacqueline Grandt and Debra Rodkin in Redtwist Theatre's production of"Agnes of God."
After its premiere at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the play went on to Broadway, a national tour and several international productions before being adapted into a 1985 film starring Jane Fonda. Pielmeier based the script on the 1977 trial of a nun in upstate New York, who was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after her baby was suffocated.
Mother-child troubles come up not only for Agnes, but for all three characters. Dr. Livingstone recalls many arguments with her mother over matters of religion, her choice of romantic partners, etc. In the first act, Miriam reveals that she was a wife and mother before taking her vows, but is now estranged from her children. In addition, she drops a bombshell revelation about Agnes’s family that shakes up Dr. Livingstone’s understanding of the case.
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