Truly riveting plays grab hold, then relax their grip, just long enough for us to catch a breath. Between these intentional pauses, audiences are spellbound inside characters’ thoughts. This merged relationship is a trip worth taking in Word for Word’s triumphant presentation of “Hard Times,” now at San Francisco’s Z Space.
Ron Rash’s descriptive writing style creates vivid depictions, but it is Word for Word’s actors and directors that bring life to an Appalachian…