Burke, a middle-aged college English professor, and his lover, Mia, an unmarried mother in her mid-20s, seem in no way made for each another and yet, it seems, can't live without each other. "In his remarkable new two-character play, LIFE SENTENCES, Richard Nelson explores an intimate relationship between two people no dating service would ever put together and makes their connection tender, believable and as complex as most relationships usually are." -Gloria Cole, U P I "Richard Nelson has a penchant for writing about characters who can talk with considerable brilliance about almost anything except what's really on their minds." -Barbara Siegel & Scott Siegel, Drama-Logue "Full of Nelson's sad, wry wisdom, and his odd way of looking at life through a two-way mirror." -Clive Barnes, New York Post