Sea Wall / A Life

Carrie Cracknell directs a diptych of intimate monologues by British playwrights. Sea Wall, by Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), is a study in faith and profundity that stars Tom Sturridge (1984); A Life, by Nick Payne, reunites the playwright with his Constellations star, the dreamy Jake Gyllenhaal, for a study in saying goodbye.