“Thomas Pain (Based On Nothing)” at McCarter Theatre

Will Eno's Thom Pain (based on nothing) was THE surprise sensation of the 2005 off-Broadway season, earning unanimous critical raves during its year-long run. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Eno's wry, sardonic monologue reflects on the beauty and terror of life as an ordinary man muses on childhood, yearning, disappointment, and loss. Cataloguing the eternal agonies of the human condition, Thom Pain draws his audience into his last-ditch plea for empathy and enlightenment.