Maybe I needed that afternoon coffee after all. I found it challenging to remain engaged with A Weekend Near Madison. Was it just me, or was this play uncomfortably long? While there was no shortage of talent on the stage, and the script offered up some thought provoking and moving moments, I found the performance, as a whole, rather lacklustre. 

For the first fifteen minutes, I felt like I was watching a rehearsal. (Okay, it was a first performance.) The actors looked vaguely uncomfortable, delivering their lines without a great deal of commitment, and while the play never really transported...