Love can be a beautiful, many-splendored thing, but it can also be an intense destructive force. Playwright Sam Shepard was definitely interested in the latter: His play, Fool for Love, explores the relationship between lovers May and Eddie as they reconcile in a seedy desert motel room. They litigate the lives ruined through their love, with Eddie thinking there’s a future for them and May laying out the demented roots of their romance. The Stage’s version features recent Best of Austin® winner Kathleen Fletcher opposite Patrick Wheeler as the truly doomed couple. Forget the brightness of summer, and relish the darkness in those hot nights. – Cat McCarrey
