An adaptation of Sarah Ruhl and Max Ritvo's 2018 book, Letters from Max: A Poet, a Teacher, a Friendship, this intimate, poetic play explores the relationship between Sarah and her former student, Max.
When poet Max Ritvo applies to Sarah Ruhl's playwriting workshop, he finds not only a mentor, but a friend. When his childhood cancer returns, the two begin writing letters to each other in a tender, poetic, and unexpectedly humorous meditation on friendship, art, and mortality.
Their correspondence explores questions of creating art, the meaning of work, and the strange experience of being human, becoming a profound conversation about the afterlife, legacy, and how we give shape to our fleeting time on earth. An emotional mosaic of letters, poetry, music and dialogue, Letters from Max is both a love letter to the power of language and a testament to the enduring bonds we create.