Bringing "Hir" to the Stage

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 11, 2015

Director Niegel Smith and actors Kristine Nielson and Tom Phelan discuss their play, “Hir,” about a veteran who comes home to help take care of his ailing father, only to discover a household in revolt. His mother and transgender sibling go on a crusade to dismantle the patriarchy. At Playwrights Horizons’ Peter Jay Sharp Theater through January 3.

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