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Of Faith and Forgiveness: Everyman Theatre

Published: Feb. 13, 2019, 2:55 p.m.

The play “Everything is Wonderful” at Everyman Theater makes us think anew about what it means to forgive, and what it takes to do it. Director Noah Himmelstein contrasts the mercy an Amish family shows a man whose driving took their son’s lives … with their sternness toward their free-spirited daughter. And we meet Mark and Sandy Laken, inspired by the play to search for the driver who might have caused their own son’s fatal crash three decades ago. They learned of the play’s message only after Sandy had offered to sponsor it financially:.