About the Show

Partial Comfort's world premiere drama offers a love story for the opioid era.

From the show:

Clay and Jess have big dreams: college, refuge from the cold Maine winters, and a permanent escape from the paycheck-to-paycheck, rent-a-center furniture lifestyle of their parents. When Jess finds herself temporarily stuck behind and at odds with her stepfather, she moves in with Clay's mom and begrudgingly takes a job at the local chicken farm. Meanwhile Clay heads off to college, counting down the days to his return, desperate to avoid the destiny of his geography. "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is love story for the era.

Featuring Mary Bacon, Adrienne Bengtsson, Peter Mark Kendall, Talene Monahon and Micheal Richardson.

Critic Reviews (6)

"Stuck in Maine in ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’: Friends and family about to be left behind when a young man goes to college reckon with a world of narrow choices in Chad Beckim’s play."
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"The Preciousness of Life in Beckim's 'NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY'"
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"Many scenes are brutally, thrillingly honest -- especially when it comes time to make an inventory of the human wreckage onstage -- marking Beckim as a new writer to watch."
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4/5 Stars "'Wasted Youth Among the 99 Per Cent': The opioid epidemic upends two families in a stirring new play by Chad Beckim"
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"A heartbreaking 95-minute family drama depicting the ravages of rampant opioid addiction in the present day United States. The topical scenario is enforced by the skillful writing, searing performances and crisp production. Painful plot twists inject surprise to the familiar material."
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"A master class in finding the humor and light in the brutality of a family shattered by drug addiction."
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Cast and creative team

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