THE STORY: A frame shop in a southern New England town is the setting for this tragicomedy in which a dying man toils ceaselessly in order to leave his once-abused wife some postmortem financial security. He unwittingly experiences the emotional and physical brutality of his past, motivating him to sincerely atone for his sins—but his plan to repent is sidetracked by his high-strung loser brother-in-law.
“Baker deals with mortality and tragic influences by creating characters that are brutally honest, fascinatingly quirky, and jaded enough to find humor in almost anything.” —Electronic Link Journey.
“There is an exuberant creativity in Edward Allan Baker’s THE FRAMER…” —TheaterMania.
“Baker, with a talent for good old-fashioned storytelling and a flair for robust humor, turns it all into some two hours of totally arresting theatre…entertaining, seething stew of a domestic drama.” —Backstage.
