Like The Europeans, this second play of PTP's New York season is another portrait of a woman in distress. Èmile Zola's Thérèse Raquin was a succès de scandale upon its 1867 publication. This clinical and sweaty narrative of sex, murder, and otherworldly revenge has inspired several films, literature of all genres, and even a jazz musical by Harry Connick Jr. Neal Bell's script chronicles Thérèse and Laurent's lust in a series of short scenes reminiscent of Zola's unapologetically compact and lurid narrative. It's particularly interesting to see how the other two key players in this domestic drama, Thérèse's milquetoast husband Camille and François, the omnipresent cat, are depicted.