David Lindsay-Abaire's Rabbit Hole won a Pulitzer Prize for its thoughtful, understated look at grief and Front Foot Theatre gives the play a first-rate production. This is a work that brings to the fore all the complexities of different forms of grieving. For some, memories are a comfort, for others they are simply haunting. Words that might bring solace can equally be painful triggers. Rabbit Hole is a beautifully nuanced piece, and both playwright and director, Lawrence Carmichael, eschew histrionics or contrived plotting to create unnecessary drama. The audience's imagination is brilliantly engaged by the unexaggerated pain of parental grief and by well-drawn characters who try to behave in a decent and well meaning manner. Neither the playwright nor the strong cast fall into the sin of caricature. Ty Glaser does an outstanding job as the impulsive, somewhat ditzy sister, Izzy, and Emma Vansittart is spot on as the sympathetic, sometimes self-absorbed mother, Nat. Max Pem