I read Thomas Merton in my youth, and I have seen several of Charles Mee’s previous plays, and I find this work a masterpiece, a festive farce which I characterize with two words, sublime ridiculousness, and saying this I am referring to Divine Comedy, here turned upside down for the 21st century; the play starts in Paradise and ends in chaotic Inferno, portraying Humanity in its utter folly, as ever repeated in history -- war and devastation. This Merton would have understood fully. So, this raucous farce is also a perfect tribute to Thomas Merton at 100
