Danielle Weathers, Tamera Lyn, Alissa Jessup, Chris Murray, Beth Thompson, Jane Geesman in In the Wake Credit: DAVID KINDER

Danielle Weathers, Tamera Lyn, Alissa Jessup, Chris Murray, Beth Thompson, Jane Geesman in In the Wake

Danielle Weathers, Tamera Lyn, Alissa Jessup, Chris Murray, Beth Thompson, Jane Geesman in In the Wake DAVID KINDER

Ellen—the protagonist of In the Wake, Lisa Kron’s play about the early ’00s and the accompanying George W. Bush presidency—is a common type of white idealist American.

Thomas Ross writes about art and booze, and edits fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Tin House.