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No one warns you just how blunt and underwhelming the transition from young adulthood to middle age really is. In youth, every milestone is recognized and heralded in community with ceremonies, diplomas, and opportunities to mourn and celebrate what’s moved to the rearview mirror in life. Middle age, on the other hand, just sort of quietly shows up—and more often than not, it hits you when you’re alone. A Body of WaterThrough 11/22: Thu–Sat 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM; Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture, 2936 N. Southport, athenaeumcenter.org, seniors (65+), students, and military $33 That anxiety is made manifest in Lee Blessing’s 2005 one-act drama, A Body of Water, through Avis (Lori Rohr) and Moss (Jamie Ewing), a couple of . . . something. Spouses? Lovers? Colleagues? Strangers? They have no idea and seemingly no means of finding out.

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