Ah, Wilderness!

Over the next two years, Mr. Morse received Tony nominations for the backstage comedy “Say, Darling” and “Take Me Along,” a musical adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play “Ah, Wilderness.”

Along the way, he himself took up acting, performing such parts as the Stage Manager in “Our Town” and the George M. Cohan role in Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilderness!” in a variety of summer and regional theaters.

She was also an actor, appearing in 2002 as Norah in “Ah, Wilderness” on tour in 2002 with the Guthrie Theater based in Minneapolis.

Foucheux was part of an exquisite “Ah, Wilderness!” at Arena, and he played the rambling salesman Erie Smith in “Hughie” for Washington Stage Guild.

“Ah, Wilderness!” predates the author’s late-career masterpieces by a decade, but it endures as a reminder that if O’Neill could manage a momentary celebration of life, well then, there’s hope for all of us.