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A messy blend of earnestly caring and desperately attempting to perform that care.

From ‘Eureka Day,’ at the Friedman.

The terrified dance of the well-intentioned.

And oh, how the characters ofEureka Daydance.

Her many children have been through Eureka Day they and the school are her life.

She was there at its founding, when it was housed in an old church with an empty library.

Hecht and Gray are excellent here and throughout, as is Shapiros whole company.

Eureka Dayis at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

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