Two Sisters With Secrets, Desperate for Escape
Daniel M. GoldFebruary 24, 2014: Part Sam Shepard gothic drama, part “Moth Radio Hour” yarn, My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer, by Brian Watkins, tells the story of Sarah and Hannah, sisters in their 20s, living with their ailing mother in the farm country of Eaton, Colo., and desperate for a way out. Or, rather, the sisters tell the story, addressing the audience in a series of monologues. Sarah (Katherine Folk-Sullivan), who mainly tends to their self-absorbed, needy mother, hopes to flee this prison of obligation and go to college. Hannah (Layla Khoshnoudi) gets off the ranch only long enough for her job at the diner in town.
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