A motif I found in this play is avoidance. I believe this is especially interesting since this play is a slice-of-life style play, and I can see how in the world of the play it is much easier for the course of the characters lives to avoid issues rather than confront them. Leo is avoiding a lot of things when he arrives at Vera's house, and so is she. They are both avoiding his mother, which continues throughout the play when Leo's mother calls Vera and she avoids telling her that Leo is staying at her place. Leo is also avoiding several other women in his life (his girlfriend, his sister). His avoidance of his sister and his mother seem to be his refusing to deal with the repercussions of his actions and to move forward with his family, rather than separated from them. He also has avoided talking to his girlfriend, perhaps because he feels in some place that she is going to break up with him, but also in a way because he is avoiding the reality of a relationship, believing that he will be there waiting for him no matter what. In this way he is avoiding reality of his relation to everyone in his life, including himself.
Leo is also avoiding the reason that he is so distraught, Micah's death. I believe the scene where Micah's death is finally revealed is a fulcrum point to this play, where he is finally confronting at least some part of himself, of his emotions. It also changes how Vera and Leo relate to one another, they are finally not avoiding each other in any sense, they are open to listen to one another.
I also agree that Leo isn't completely revealed until the news about Micah's death is revealed, and this definitely kept the play more interesting. If it was said early on, the element of surprise and actually understanding Leo would have made a little too easy at first.
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