Frederick Knott's suspense thriller centers on Susy Hendrix, a recently blinded woman who is targeted by a trio of con men searching her New York apartment for a heroin-stuffed doll unknowingly left with her husband. Unaware of the drugs' significance, Susy becomes the target of an elaborate psychological con as the men manipulate her, playing on her disability and isolation to search the apartment without her realizing what's happening. As she gradually pieces together that she is being deceived, Susy must use her heightened other senses and quick thinking to turn the tables on her tormentors in a climactic, nerve-shredding final confrontation staged in near-total darkness. The play is a tour de force of sustained suspense, famous for a finale that has audiences literally on the edge of their seats.

Guerrieri Auditorium