Set in the cold, grey light of morning the day after the Twin Towers were destroyed, The Mercy seat is not a response to September 11th but rather a response to a response. An illicit couple stalk around each other, locked in a battle of sexual prowess and scathing dialogue, trying to decide a future that can only exist if they leave everything else behind. This is a compelling, complex play that looks unswervingly at the nature of responsability in a country that veers towards moral bankruptcy.